pry vi. (pried) 眼睛盯着看,盯;窥探;刺探,打听 (into)。 n. 1.窥视;窥探。 2.爱刺探的人。 pry about 到处窥探。 pry into other people's affairs 打听别人的事情。 pry out 探出(别人秘密等)。 n. 撬具;杆子,杠杆。 vt. (用杠杆等)撬,撬起,撬动;(用尽方法)使脱离。
I very much wanted to question armand about marguerite , for the dedication in the book , the young man s journey , his desire to possess the volume , all excited my curiosity ; but i feared that by questioning my visitor , i should appear to have refused his money simply to have the right to pry into his business 我非常想问问阿尔芒有关玛格丽特的事情,因为书上的题词,这位青年的长途跋涉和他想得到这本书的强烈愿望都引起了我的好奇心,但是我又不敢贸然向我的客人提出这些问题,生怕他以为我不接受他的钱只是为了有权干预他的私事。