feel out

英 [fiːl aʊt]

美 [fiːl aʊt]

试探，摸清（某人的想法）

英英释义

verb

try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
1. I have to sound out the new professor
Synonym:check outsound out

Let's feel out our parents and see if they'll let us go.
我们试探一下父母，看他们是否让我们去。
I'll feel out the members of the committee.
我会小心地把那些委员们的意见打听出来的。
Contact business members of the delegation directly and feel out their intentions.
直接同代表团的商务人员接触，摸清他们的意图。
It's a massive transformation and you feel out of control.
这是一场彻底的转变，你感到无法控制。
Jim is quite shy; he will feel out of place in the presence of unknown people.
吉姆很害羞，在陌生人面前往往感到手足无措。
Say "no" to scheduling so many things into your day that you become stressed and fatigued and feel out of control.
拒绝在一天中安排太多的事，以至于自己压力过大，过于疲惫或失去控制。
This nightmare generally means you feel out of control, powerless, or inadequate.
这类噩梦意味着你感觉失去控制，无力或不满足。
Let me feel out the boss about this matter.
让我先来试探一下老板在这事儿上的态度。
He never seemed to feel out of place at social functions.
在社交场合他好像从未感到什么不自在。
Whenever I'm the only young people among all these older people, I feel out of it.
每当我一个年轻人与这些老人在一起时，我总感到很不自在。