[scode type="blue"]enclose[/scode]
音标：/ɪn'kləʊz/
英英释义：
①If a place or object is enclosed by something, the place or object is inside that thing or completely surrounded by it.【v.包围;围住;封闭】
②If you enclose something with a letter, you put it in the same envelope as the letter.【v.把…封入信封;随函附上】
例句：
①The surrounding land was enclosed by an eight foot wire fence.
周围的土地围有8英尺高的铁丝栅栏。
②I have enclosed a cheque for £10.
我已随信附上10英镑的支票。
[scode type="blue"]sound out
试探，探询(…的意见)[/scode]
英英释义：
If you sound someone out, you question them in order to find out what their opinion is about something.
例句：
①He is sounding out Middle Eastern governments on ways to resolve the conflict.
他正在探询中东国家的政府要如何解决这次冲突。
②Sound him out gradually. Make sure it is what he really wants.
要慢慢地打探他的口风，要确保是他的心里话。
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