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

• This is a constructionist approach to learning: the children are given the phonic tools to construct and sound out new words by themselves.
  这是学习语言的一种结构型方式：给孩子们一种能够自己组合新词、念出新词的语音工具。
• 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。
• Why did the God play this joke to sound out our love?
  上天为什么开这种玩笑来试探我们的缘分。
• If I hear one more sound out of you, I'm gonna heip them do it.
  如果让我再听到你的声音，我就帮他们了结你。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In mine, I can't get enough sound out of it!
  但是换成我来演奏，则得不到足够的音量。
• When we took the sound out of your head, and it came to life.
  我们把那声音从你头里取出来，它却到你的生活里来了。
• 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。