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单词 kite-flying
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kite-flying
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkaɪtˌflaɪ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈkaɪtˌflaɪ.ɪŋ/
theactoftryingtofindout what people'sopinionabout something new will be byinformallyspreadingnewsof it:
（通过透露风声等方式的）试探舆论反应
Theserumoursof a newpoliticalpartyareobviouslya kite-flyingexercise.这些有关新政党的谣言显然是试探舆论的手段。
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(Definition ofkite-flyingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

kite-flying| Business English

kite-flying
noun[U]
uk
us
theactof making asuggestioninordertofindout howothersreactto it:
Theideabearsall thehallmarksofpoliticalkite-flying.
Hedescribedthe Treasury'shardshipfundproposalas a'kite-flyingexercise'.

See also

fly
(Definition ofkite-flyingfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofkite-flying

kite-flying
They bear all the marks ofkiteflying, and one is driven to the assumption that they were inspired by one side or the other.
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Much of the speculation would seem to have been officially inspired, a sort of exercise inkite-flying, to see what the reaction of the public would be.
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Part of the reason for that may be that so little of practical value has resulted from all thekite-flyingand speculations of the past 18 months.
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We have had a series of scare stories, deliberate leaks andkiteflyingon disability benefits over the past six months.
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Our guidance notes on the procedures for making byelaws explain how to bankiteflyingin the countryside.
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While there was some inevitable 'kiteflying' of possible options for reform, all involved major changes and, potentially, losses for large numbers of claimants.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I am not even sure whether a fountain 300 feet high would not do some mischief as regardskiteflying.
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In thekiteflyingof the past nine months, far too much attention has been paid to the views of the dissenters, and not enough to the majority recommendations.
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I consider this to be a bit of "kiteflying", a bit of advertising.
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This is notkiteflyingor a testing of the temperature of the ten minutes rule procedure.
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