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词汇 sound-out
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sound someone out


phrasal 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?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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ask questions of someone/somethingidiom
be someone's for the askingidiom
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bombard
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outpoll
pin someone down
ply someone with something
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put someone through the millidiom
put someone through the wringeridiom
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sound out someone | American Dictionary


sound out someone


phrasal 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 English


sound sb out


phrasal 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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