trial balloon

trial balloon

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• n.试探性言论（或行动）
• 网络实验气球；试验气球；试探气球

词形变化

复数：trial balloons  

英汉双解

英汉解释

na.	1. 测风气球 2. 〈比喻〉试探气球

英英解释

n.	1. an idea or plan that is suggested to people to see what their reaction is

例句

Bob mentioned the class presidency to Ted as a trial balloon to see if Ted might be interested in running.

鲍勃向特德提到班主席职位以试探特德是否热衷于参加其竞选。

Even as RenRen is using this IPO to float its shares into the U. S. market, Wall Street seems to be using it to float a trial balloon.

人人网正在利用此次IPO在美国股市上大肆散发其股份，另一方面，华尔街却似乎把人人的IPO看成了一个试验气球。

So before men would go up in a balloon, they would first float (or send up) a trial balloon without any men in it to test the situation.

所以在人进入热气球之前，他们会把一个没有人的热气球用作实验来探测环境。

It could be simply a defensive move, but some thought it could be a trial balloon for something more intimate.

当然，这很可能只是个防卫性举动，但有人认为，它也有可能是三方放出的一个探测气球，以试探有无可能开展进一步的合作。

No sooner did it release its trial balloon on the Luxury Tax, than it met with a public backlash.

课徵奢侈税才放出风向球，就因民意反弹而收手等等。

Send up a trial balloon

发送测试气球