1、It took a week to winkle out the intruder.
足足花了一個(gè)星期才將入侵者逐出。

2、It took a week to winkle out the intruder. Nobody knows what, if any, damage was caused.
足足一個(gè)星期之后入侵者才被剔除，如果有損失的話(huà)，沒(méi)有人知道這次入侵導(dǎo)致的損失是什么。

3、It will not be easy to winkle out the old guard and train younger replacements.
解雇老警衛(wèi)、再訓(xùn)練年輕警衛(wèi)取而代之并不是件容易的事。

4、They managed to winkle out the spy.
他們?cè)O(shè)法找出了這個(gè)間諜。