put out feelers
基本解释
- （作决定前）试探。
同根派生
英汉例句
- I put out feeler to see if she'd like to come.
我试探一下她是否愿意来。 - I'm putting out feelers to see if she'd like to come.
我试探一下她是否愿意来。 - I am putting out feeler to see if he'd like to come and work for us.
我正在试探他，看他是否愿意来为我们工作。 - I'm putting out feelers to see if he'd like to come and work for us.
我正在试探他,看他是否愿意来为我们工作。 - The management put out feelers to find out what sort of catering the staff really wanted for the new canteen.
为查明职员们对新餐厅供应伙食种类的实际要求，管理部门进行了调查。
英英字典
- to make informal suggestions as a way of testing other people's opinions on something before any decisions are made