试探…的意向

rounding out───完成

counting out───点数；不把…算在内；拳击中判输

sending out───发送；派遣；放出

sounding off───奏序曲；提高声音说话；依次报数；吹号

standing out───突显

blanding out───喋喋不休

boarding out───寄养

He is sounding out Middle Eastern governments on ways to resolve the conflict.───他正在探询中东各国政府解决这一冲突的方法。

The company, also called FSL Trust, is sounding out investors about a yield of 'just below 12%,' a person familiar with the deal said Monday.───一位知情人士周一说，该公司目前正在以“略低于12%”的收益率吸引投资者。

can dramatically improve their reading speeds by taking in several words in the line of text at one time instead of sounding out each word, or focusing on each letter of the word.───可以通过一次在一行里加入数个词的方法，来显著提高阅读速度，而不是逐字逐句去读出那些词来。

Politicians have to start sounding out whether the bill can be reconsidered; if not, it would be time for tweaks.───政治家们得开始试探救助计划能不能被重新审议；如果不能，就需要做一些小调整。

But while relating her last update, she actually found revelation in unloading her thoughts and sounding out her ideas through the writing.───但联系上她最后一天的更新情况，她实际上发现她卸下思想包袱并且把她的思想通过写作表达。

She's begun sounding out words on her own.───她已经开始自己按照发音念单词了。

Reading simple books takes away the frustration of sounding out hard words.───朗读一些简单的读本可以带走学习那些费解词汇所带来的挫折感。

The New York Stock Exchange is buying Euronext, a big European exchange, and sounding out the Tokyo bourse.───纽约证券交易所正在对欧洲一家大型的交易所Euronext进行收购，而且和东京交易所也在进行接触。

By practicing their ABCs and sounding out words, kindergartners master the basics of writing.───幼儿园的小朋友通过不断练习英文字母和单词发音来掌握写作的基本技能。

He is sounding out Middle Eastern governments on ways to resolve the conflict.

Sounding out is also used, where trial balloon ideas are sent to the other side to test their reaction.