winkle out

英 [ˈwɪŋkl aʊt]

美 [ˈwɪŋkl aʊt]

骗取，套出（信息）; 把…赶出藏身处; 迫使…离开

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 骗取，套出(信息)
  If youwinkleinformationout ofsomeone, you get it from them when they do not want to give it to you, often by tricking them.
  1. The security services will pretty well go to any lengths to winkle out information...
     安全部门会不遗余力地套取情报。
  2. The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.
     侦探试图从她那儿套取信息。
• PHRASAL VERB 把…赶出藏身处；迫使…离开
  If youwinklesomeoneout ofa place where they are hiding or which they do not want to leave, you make them leave it.
  1. He somehow managed to winkle Picard out of his room...
     他不知用的什么法子将皮卡德逼出了房间。
  2. Political pressure finally winkled him out and on to a plane bound for Berlin...
     政治压力最终迫使他离开，登上了去往柏林的飞机。
  3. It will not be easy to winkle out the old guard and train younger replacements.
     解雇老警卫、再训练年轻警卫取而代之并不是件容易的事。

英英释义

verb

• remove or displace from a position
  Synonym:winkle
• force from a place or position
  1. The committee winkled out the unqualified candidates

双语例句

• The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.
  侦探试图从她那儿套取信息。
• It will not be easy to winkle out the old guard and train younger replacements.
  解雇老警卫、再训练年轻警卫取而代之并不是件容易的事。
• Political pressure finally winkled him out and on to a plane bound for Berlin
  政治压力最终迫使他离开，登上了去往柏林的飞机。
• He somehow managed to winkle Picard out of his room
  他不知用的什么法子将皮卡德逼出了房间。
• I've dropped a coin between the floorboards; try to winkle it out of there.
  我将一枚硬币掉到地板缝里去了，想想办法把它取出来。
• We tried to winkle an apology out of them.
  我们试图逼他们道歉。
• The security services will pretty well go to any lengths to winkle out information
  安全部门会不遗余力地套取情报。
• To winkle out a few better examples, I asked on Twitter if anyone would admit to earning too much. The response: zero. Chance would be a fine thing, someone tweeted.
  为了挑出几个更好的例子，我在推特（Twitter）上询问是否有人愿意承认自己的薪水过高，但没有人给我回应。
• I managed to winkle the news out.
  我好不容易才探听到那消息。
• They usually manage to winkle out of people what they want to know.
  他们经常能设法套出别人的话，打听到想要知道的事。