enquire too inquisitively into a person's private affairs
(对别人隐私)窥视,窥探,刺探,打听
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I'm sick of you prying into my personal life 我对你刺探我的私生活感到恶心
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[as adj.
prying ]she felt there was no place where she could escape from the prying eyes .她感到自己无从逃避一双双偷窥的眼睛。
〈主北美〉 同<Bold>PRISE</Bold>
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prying open the door 把门撬开
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he pried his left leg free .他用力让左腿松动。
" Middle English (in the sense ‘peer inquisitively’): of unknown origin.early 19th cent.: from the verb