1、It took a week to winkle out the intruder.
足足花了一個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.
足足一個星期之后入侵者才被剔除，如果有損失的話，沒有人知道這次入侵導致的損失是什么。

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.
他們設法找出了這個間諜。