【口语版】“试探某人”英语怎么说？

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帮你告别哑巴英语 一步步开口“说”英语

A: He said he knew nothing about it.

他说他对此一无所知。

B: It was really silly of you to believe what he said!

你相信他说的话真是太傻了。

A: Why do you say so?

为什么这么说？

B: Didn't you know that he was trying to put a feeler to you?

难道你不知道他还在试探你的反应吗？

例句1：

I’m going to put out feelers to see if anyone’s interested in buying the old car. 我打算试探一下，看看有没有人想买这辆旧车。

例句2：

Before proposing the new project, he decided to put out feelers among the team members. 在提出新项目之前，他决定先试探一下团队成员的意见。

例句3：

She put a feeler to her boss about the chance of getting a promotion. 她向老板试探了一下晋升的可能性。

It is silly of sb to do

某人做某事太愚蠢了

例句1：

It is silly of him to spend all his money on a new car when his old one still works fine. 他花掉所有的钱买一辆新车，而他的旧车还能正常使用，这是愚蠢的。

例句2：

It is silly of them to argue over such trivial matters. 他们为这些琐事争吵是愚蠢的。

例句3:

It is silly of him to think that he can learn a new language in a week. 他以为一周就能学会一门新语言，这是愚蠢的。