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

• 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。
• You can still hear a lot of Dolly on my first records, but I worked hard to get her sound out of my voice.
  我开始出的几张唱片中仍能听到很多多莉的声音，不过我努力打造自己的声音。
• At the time of the Olympics, I will be in the presidency of the European Union, so I have to sound out and consult my fellow members to see whether or not we should boycott, he said.
  萨克奇表示：奥运会召开时，我将担任欧盟轮值主席，所以我必须了解一下成员国的想法，与之进行磋商，看我们是否应该抵制。
• This is a constructionist approach to learning: the children are given the phonic tools to construct and sound out new words by themselves.
  这是学习语言的一种结构型方式：给孩子们一种能够自己组合新词、念出新词的语音工具。
• When we took the sound out of your head, and it came to life.
  我们把那声音从你头里取出来，它却到你的生活里来了。
• Amendment calls first plug in your headphones, headsets and handsets sound out of the question at the same time.
  改善了首先插入耳机，扬声器和听筒同时出声的问题。
• Why not place a trial order to sound out the market potential?
  为什么不先订购一笔试试，测探一下市场的潜力？
• The band does not sound out of tune to me, but then I've no ear for music.
  对我来说，乐队没有走调，不过我没有欣赏音乐的才能。
• 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。
• 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。