| 单词 | trial balloon |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrial balloon trial balloon n. = ballon d'essai n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > an experiment > proposal or project to test attitudes feeler1823 ballon d'essai1858 to fly a kite1902 trial balloon1939 1939 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Apr. 3/4 Congressional moves to bar alliance members from relief funds are in the ‘trial balloon’ stage. ?1949 Q. Howe in W. Safire New Lang. Politics (1968) 454/1 He [sc. Theodore Roosevelt] also originated the ‘trial-balloon’ technique and gave favored correspondents ‘off-the-record’ statements that they attributed to ‘authoritative sources’. If the statement caught on, Roosevelt would make it his own. If it fell flat, he would drop it. a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 590 Since I'd been wanting to launch a trial balloon on this subject, I aired my views at length. < as lemmas |
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