"trial balloon" in Chinese (Traditional)
試探性舉措試水
Definition
在做最終決定前，提出一個想法或行動，看看別人的反應。常用於政治或商業，來測試公眾或相關人士的意見。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
主要是比喻，並非真正的氣球。常見於媒體、商業、政治語境。'試探性舉措' 表示為了測試反應而提出，意味尚未定案。
Examples
The company released a trial balloon to see if people liked the new product idea.
公司發布了一個**試探性舉措**，看看大家是否喜歡這個新產品的想法。
The politician used a trial balloon about tax changes.
政治人物針對稅收變化提出了**試探性舉措**。
They sent out a trial balloon before making the official announcement.
他們在正式宣佈前先提出一個**試水**。
Leaking the memo was just a trial balloon to test how the board would react.
洩漏備忘錄只是**試探性舉措**，看看董事會會怎麼反應。
The CEO floated a trial balloon about switching to a four-day workweek.
執行長提出了實行四天工作週的**試水**。
Whenever you hear a strange new plan in the news, it might just be a trial balloon.
當你在新聞聽到奇怪的新計劃時，可能只是一個**試探性舉措**。