put out feelers

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[网络] 放出触角；谨慎地探听别人的观点；作试探性的建议

I'll try to put out some feelers to gauge people's reactions to our proposal.
我想试探一下，看看人们对我们建议的反应。
Put out feelers cautiously check the views of others
谨慎地试探别人的观点
HSBC and Standard Chartered are also reportedly angling to return, and other big banks have put out feelers.
汇丰银行和渣打银行据报道正在往回拱，还有其他大银行也在跃跃欲试。
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。
The trip comes after the troubled oil company put out feelers to investment entities in the Middle East to gauge their interest in buying the group's shares following their dramatic decline after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
此前，这家陷入困境的石油公司接洽了中东的投资实体，看它们是否有意购买该集团股票。在墨西哥湾原油泄漏事件之后，该公司股价已大幅下挫。
Ferguson was concerned by a potential lack of attacking personnel even before solskjaer's announcement yesterday, having put out feelers last week through a handful of trusted agents, with Dimitar berbatov, of Tottenham hotspur, his principal target.
弗格森爵士在索尔斯克亚退役之前就担心攻击手的缺乏，上周通过一个靠得住的经纪人试探了热刺前锋贝尔巴托夫。