sounding line

常见例句

And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line.
也不要用杖竿和响带去探测你的知识的浅深。
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But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure; And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line.
但不要用秤来衡量你的未知的珍宝，也不要用杖竿和响带去探测你的知识的浅深。
I once met a countryman who raised the subject of climate forecasting and he gave me a very nice sounding line, but with a very cold and chilling result.
我曾经也遇到过一个在国内搞气候预测了，他给了一个很好看的曲线，给出来一个很惊悚的结果。

They can take their time in ordering without one of our guys on the other end of the phone line maybe sounding impatient.
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