sound out

英 [saʊnd aʊt]

美 [saʊnd aʊt]

试探，探询（…的意见）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 试探，探询(…的意见)
  If yousoundsomeoneout, you question them in order to find out what their opinion is about something.
  1. He is sounding out Middle Eastern governments on ways to resolve the conflict...
     他正在探询中东国家的政府要如何解决这次冲突。
  2. Sound him out gradually. Make sure it is what he really wants.
     要慢慢地打探他的口风，要确保是他的心里话。

英英释义

verb

• try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
  1. I have to sound out the new professor
  Synonym:check outfeel out
• speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
  1. She pronounces French words in a funny way
  2. I cannot say `zip wire'
  3. Can the child sound out this complicated word?
  Synonym:pronouncearticulateenounceenunciatesay

双语例句

• It's much easier to imitate another speaker than it is to sound out each word according to phonetics in a dictionary!
  比起根据字典上的音标读出每个单词，模仿另外一个人的发音要容易的多。
• Sound him out gradually. Make sure it is what he really wants.
  要慢慢地打探他的口风，要确保是他的心里话。
• He is sounding out Middle Eastern governments on ways to resolve the conflict
  他正在探询中东国家的政府要如何解决这次冲突。
• We can sound out the opinions of your prospective audience.
  我们可以试探一下你们未来听众的意见。
• Black holes and their acoustic analogues have perhaps begun to light the path and sound out the way.
  而黑洞和它的声学类比，也许正要开始照亮前路。
• But as bankers sound out investors, they had better be prepared to give a lot of ground.
  但在银行家试探投资者之时，最好拿出有力的理由。
• Mr. Dietrich says he has made two visits to China in the past four months to sound out possible investors.
  迪特里希称，他在过去四个月来两次到访中国，寻觅可能的投资者。
• Why did the God play this joke to sound out our love?
  上天为什么开这种玩笑来试探我们的缘分。
• For WDR Co-Director Sarah Cliffe, the event provided an opportunity to sound out social activists and innovators working in countries vulnerable to conflict.
  《世界发展报告》编写组组长之一SarahCliffe表示，本次活动为在冲突易发国家开展工作的社会活动家和创新者发表意见提供了一次机会。
• Therefore, through the formation of cooperatives, cooperative members can not only get more valuable agricultural information, they can spread their sound out through the cooperative.
  因此，通过组建合作社，社员既可以通过合作社获得更多的有价值的农业信息，又可以将自己的声音通过合作社传播出去。