Sometimes, a friend is not looking for an opinion or advise, but rather a sounding board to give vent to.

有时你的朋友并不是要寻求一条建议或意见，他只是在寻找一个可以让他发泄的倾听者。

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It is clear that Almunia considers himself to be one of the senior players in the side and therefore entitled to express his opinion and act as a sounding board to his younger colleagues.

显然，阿穆尼亚认为他自己是这支球队一个老大哥，因此有资格表达他的观点，为他的年轻同事扮演一个广播员的角色。

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The self-taught roboticist has drawn inspiration from Honda's ASIMO robot and Drexel University's HUBO as well as sounding out opinion at his local hackerspace.

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On the same day Mr Napolitano held meetings with senior political figures that looked like a sounding-out of opinion in anticipation of a possible government crisis.

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That leads to a prosecution and a conviction by jurors swayed by impressive sounding experts who spin a good tale, offering expert opinion dressed up as proven science.

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