词汇 | sound-out |
释义 | sound someone outphrasal verb with soundverbuk /saʊnd/ us /saʊnd/ to discover informally what someone thinks or intends to do about a particular thing, so that you can be prepared or take suitable action: 试探(某人)的看法,探(某人)的口风 Perhaps you could sound the chairwoman out before the meeting, to see which way she's going to vote?也许在开会之前你可以探探主席的口风,看她打算投哪一方的票? Questioning people & asking questions in general ask after someone ask questions of someone/somethingidiom be someone's for the askingidiom beat something out of someone bombard consultative Gallup poll inquisition outpoll pin someone down ply someone with something poll pry put someone through the millidiom put someone through the wringeridiom rhetorical question roll shoot survey trick question sound out someone | American Dictionarysound out someonephrasal verb with soundverbus/sɑʊnd/ to discover someone's opinions or intentions: Why don’t you sound her out before the meeting, to see which way she’s going to vote? sound sb out | Business Englishsound sb outphrasal verb with soundverbuk /saʊnd/us to discover informally what someone thinks or intends to do about a particular thing, so that you can be prepared or take suitable action: The investment bank has already sounded out potential private equity investors. |
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