"trial balloon" in Chinese (Simplified)
试探性举措试水
Definition
在做最终决定前，提出一个想法或行动，看大家的反应。经常用于政治或商业，用来测试公众或相关人员的意见。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
多为比喻用法，与真实气球无关。媒体、商业、政治中常见。'试探性举措' 表示先试水再决定，暗示这个想法还不是最终决定。
Examples
The company released a trial balloon to see if people liked the new product idea.
公司发布了一个**试探性举措**，看看大家是否喜欢这个新产品想法。
The politician used a trial balloon about tax changes.
政客就税收变化放出了一个**试探性举措**。
They sent out a trial balloon before making the official announcement.
他们在正式宣布前先放出了一个**试水**。
Leaking the memo was just a trial balloon to test how the board would react.
泄露这份备忘录只是个**试探性举措**，看董事会怎么反应。
The CEO floated a trial balloon about switching to a four-day workweek.
CEO提出了实行四天工作制的**试水**。
Whenever you hear a strange new plan in the news, it might just be a trial balloon.
你在新闻里听到奇怪的新计划时，很可能只是一个**试探性举措**。