priseBritish EnglishBrE, prize American English /praɪz/ verb [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]
1XXto move or lift something by pushing it away from something else 强行分开;撬开
I tried to prise the lid off.
我试图把盖子撬掉。
2prise something out of somebody (also prise something from somebody)phrasal verbphr vto get something such as information or money from someone when they do not want to give it to you 强迫〔某人〕透露信息;向〔某人〕索要钱财
I more or less had to prise it out of him.
我或多或少得逼他透露些消息。
Examples from the Corpus
prise• A soldierprised a small silverflask from the dead man's hand and passed it to Colonel Voss.• Bernice could see Thomas trying to prise his hands apart, but his broken armproved to be a burden.• He prised open Ruthven's mouth.• A door had been prised open.• He'd need that to prise out the nail that pinned his cat over the door.• He prised the sealedtop open and found armyuniforms, with no insignia marks on them.• Crawling round on your hands and knees, prising up brick ends.• It ain't five minutes since I finally prised you off the end of my bed, now you're back.