单词 | sound off |
释义 | sound offsound off phrasal verbphr v a) informalCOMPLAIN to express strong opinions about something, especially when you complain angrily in a way that other people find rude or boring 高谈阔论,大发议论 〔以表达强烈的不满〕 about She’s always sounding off about too much sex in the media. 她经常大发议论,抱怨媒体上有太多的性内容。 He should check his facts before sounding off. 他应该先弄清楚事实再发表高论。 b) American EnglishAmEPMA if soldiers sound off, they shout out numbers or their names to show that they are there 〔士兵大声〕报数,报名字〔表示人在〕 Examples from the Corpus sound about• Present-day sporting heroes tend to spend their off-duty moments sounding off about anything and everything.• People rightly sound off about politics on television and the last two weeks have shown how sharp and articulate they are.• In Banff, he sounded off about windows. → sound off at sound2(1) |
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