feel out

英 [fiːl aʊt]

美 [fiːl aʊt]

试探，摸清（某人的想法）

英英释义

verb

• try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
  1. I have to sound out the new professor
  Synonym:check outsound out

双语例句

• Some people feel out of placeWhen they go to a party for the first time.
  有些人第一次参加聚会时会觉得不自在。
• Let's feel out the situation first before we take any definite steps.
  我们先把情况摸清楚，再采取具体措施。
• Let's feel out our parents and see if they'll let us go.
  我们试探一下父母，看他们是否让我们去。
• Making one feel out of place or alienated.
  使人感到不自在或被疏离的。
• I'm leaving. I feel out of place being here.
  我要走，我在这里觉得不自在。
• Do you ever feel out of place?
  你是否感觉到有什么不对的地方？
• Let me feel out the boss about this matter.
  让我先来试探一下老板在这事儿上的态度。
• He never seemed to feel out of place at social functions.
  在社交场合他好像从未感到什么不自在。
• Contact business members of the delegation directly and feel out their intentions.
  直接同代表团的商务人员接触，摸清他们的意图。
• She has the ability never to feel out of place, either in a palace or in a hut.
  她有能力适应任何环境，不论是王宫还是草棚。