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

• 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。
• If your child does try to "sound out" words, encourage the use of letter sounds ( phonics) rather than "alphabet names".
  如果你的孩子试图正确读出单词时，鼓励他们使用自然拼音法而不是字母表名字。
• 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。
• Therefore, through the formation of cooperatives, cooperative members can not only get more valuable agricultural information, they can spread their sound out through the cooperative.
  因此，通过组建合作社，社员既可以通过合作社获得更多的有价值的农业信息，又可以将自己的声音通过合作社传播出去。
• 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。
• I have to sound out the new professor.
  我得试探一下新来的教授。
• Mr. Dietrich says he has made two visits to China in the past four months to sound out possible investors.
  迪特里希称，他在过去四个月来两次到访中国，寻觅可能的投资者。
• 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。
• We can sound out the opinions of your prospective audience.
  我们可以试探一下你们未来听众的意见。