| 单词 | sound somebody/something ↔ out |
| 释义 | sound somebody/something ↔ outsound somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v ASK A QUESTIONto talk to someone in order to find out what they think about a plan or idea 试探…的意见，探听…的意图，探…的口气 He sounded people out and found the responses favourable. 他探了大家的口气，发现反应良好。 They want to sound out his opinion before they approach him formally. 他们想先探一探他的看法，再正式和他接洽。 about I wanted to sound her out about a job that I'm thinking of applying for. 有份工作我在考虑去申请，我想听听她的意见。 Examples from the Corpus sound out• Cyril reached down to flick on the radio, but no sound came out, although the dial went on.• One night there was a very bad storm, and I thought I heard the sound of guns out at sea.• Suddenly, all the sounds were drowned out by the whining and screaming of the huge drill.• I, on the other hand, was made to sound like something out of Animal House.• A sound comes out of his mouth like a nail being out of a plank of green pine.• He told me I sounded a little out of practice and laughed at that.• David advised me to sound you out on it.• The opposite of turning down the sound is blacking out the picture. sound about• Will you go to Moness and see the Logans and sound them out about hiding?• I sounded him out about loss of memory. → sound somebody/something ↔ out at sound2(2) |
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