Dialogue：

A: He said he know nothing about it.

他说他对此一无所知。

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

你相信他说的话，真是太傻了。

A: Why do you say so?

为什么这么说？

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

难道你不知道他还在试探你的反应吗？

一， 词汇拾贝

put out feeler

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

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

他一直在试探——看看雇员们会对这样的政策作何反应。

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

你为什么不试探试探——看看有没有人对买东西感兴趣。

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

我试探一下Betty的反应，力图知道正在发生什么事情。

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

我想试探一下June的情况。

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

大约五分钟过去了，李玉亭再也捱不下，决定先说几句试探的话。

二， 口语句式

语意：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. （我说这话真傻。）