Dialogue：

A: He said he know nothing about it.

他說他對此一無所知。

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

你相信他說的話，真是太傻了。

A: Why do you say so?

為什么這么說？

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

難道你不知道他還在試探你的反應嗎？

一， 詞匯拾貝

put out feeler

exp. To arrange to find out about something in an indirect manner. （試探）

e.g. He's been putting out feelers to see how employees might react to such a policy.

他一直在試探——看看雇員們會對這樣的政策作何反應。

e.g. Why don't you put out your feelers and see if anyone is interested in buying.

你為什么不試探試探——看看有沒有人對買東西感興趣。

e.g. I put out some feelers on Betty to try and find out what is going on.

我試探一下Betty的反應，力圖知道正在發生什么事情。

e.g I will put out feelers on what's going on with June.

我想試探一下June的情況。

e.g. After five minutes like this, Li Yu-ting could hold out no longer, and decided to put out a feeler.

大約五分鐘過去了，李玉亭再也捱不下，決定先說幾句試探的話。

二， 口語句式

語意：某人做某事是愚蠢的。

句型：It is silly of someone to do something.

例句：It is silly of me to say such a thing. （我說這話真傻。）