| 词汇 | kite-flying |
| 释义 | kite-flying noun[ U ] uk /ˈkaɪtˌflaɪ.ɪŋ/ us /ˈkaɪtˌflaɪ.ɪŋ/ the act of trying to find out what people's opinion about something new will be by informally spreading news of it: （通过透露风声等方式的）试探舆论反应 These rumours of a new political party are obviously a kite-flying exercise.这些有关新政党的谣言显然是试探舆论的手段。 Analysing and evaluating adjudication analysable analyse analyser analyst assign dive have the measure of someone/somethingidiom inspect inspection interpret interpretable interpretive microscope reinterpret reinterpretation reinvestigate reinvestigation research weigh kite-flying | Business Englishkite-flying noun[ U ] ukus the act of making a suggestion in order to find out how others react to it: The idea bears all the hallmarks of political kite-flying. He described the Treasury's hardship fund proposal as a 'kite-flying exercise'. See alsofly Examples of kite-flyingkite-flying They bear all the marks of kiteflying, and one is driven to the assumption that they were inspired by one side or the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much of the speculation would seem to have been officially inspired, a sort of exercise in kite-flying, to see what the reaction of the public would be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Part of the reason for that may be that so little of practical value has resulted from all the kite-flying and speculations of the past 18 months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had a series of scare stories, deliberate leaks and kiteflying on disability benefits over the past six months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our guidance notes on the procedures for making byelaws explain how to ban kiteflying in the countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While there was some inevitable 'kiteflying' of possible options for reform, all involved major changes and, potentially, losses for large numbers of claimants. I am not even sure whether a fountain 300 feet high would not do some mischief as regards kiteflying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the kiteflying of the past nine months, far too much attention has been paid to the views of the dissenters, and not enough to the majority recommendations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I consider this to be a bit of "kiteflying", a bit of advertising. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not kiteflying or a testing of the temperature of the ten minutes rule procedure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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