| 词组 | sound out |
| 释义 | sound out This phrasal verb is commonly used to mean "to seek the views or intentions of: • When they sounded out their parents on the matter —R. Gilbert Culter, Jr., NEA Jour., December 1964 • Selznick asked Kay Brown to sound out Tallulah Bankhead ... on whether she would play Belle Watling, the Atlanta madam —Gavin Lambert, Atlantic, February 1973 • ... should tour the Middle East... to sound out the region's leaders —Stanley Karnow, N.Y. Times Mag., 15 Jan. 1978 Several commentators, beginning with Partridge 1942, have criticized the out as unnecessary, noting that sound by itself conveys the same meaning. • He sounded Butler on this subject, asking what he would think of an English living —Sir Walter Scott, The Heart of Midlothian, 1818 (OED) However, our evidence shows that sound out is now the prevalent idiom, and its acceptability is not subject to serious question. |
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