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trial balloon
英文解释
a project or scheme tentatively announced in order to test public opinion； a tentative measure taken or statement made to see how a new policy will be received.
中文解释
trial balloon 字面意思是指测风速用的气球， 引申为：试探公众反应的行为；为检验公众意见而暂时宣布的计划; 为观察新政策将如何被接受而采取的试探性措施或声明。
原文举例
She’s been floating trial balloons about a possible run for Congress.
她一直在试探是否有可能竞选国会议员
Trump pops a congressional Republican trial balloon about how to pay for tax cuts.
特朗普就如何为减税买单向国会共和党人发出试探性声明。
Is Trump’s reported plan to deploy troops to round up immigrants a trial balloon?
特朗普部署军队围捕移民的计划是一个试探措施吗?
Trump would like you to know that his nuclear bomb button is bigger than North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s. This is a classic case of Trump using a “trial balloon”–a test to see how an audience will react to a provocation.
特朗普想让你知道，他的核弹按钮比朝鲜领导人金正恩的还要大。这是特朗普使用“试探性声明”的经典案例——试探观众对挑衅会作何反应。