Phrase

sound off

verb

大声应答；开口回应

To answer or speak up, especially when asked or ordered to.

1.
Command instructing a person to speak up or acknowledge something.
命令某人大声说话或确认某事的命令。
2.
Command instructing a person to confirm that they are present or that some other objective has been met.
要求某人确认在场或目标已实现的命令。

报到；确认到场；命令某人大声说话或确认某事的命令。；要求某人确认在场或目标已实现的命令。；直率陈述；奏序曲

In use

Sound off if you can hear me.

如果能听到我，就大声应答。

At roll call, each soldier sounded off to confirm he was present.

点名时，每名士兵都大声报到以确认在场。

Before we start the drill, please sound off one by one.

开始演练前，请逐一大声报到确认。

指直率地发表意见，常带不满情绪。

He sounded off about the unfair treatment.

他大声抱怨受到的不公平待遇。

军事用语，按顺序报数或喊出自己的名字。

The soldiers sounded off one by one.

士兵们一个一个地报数。

base sound off · third person sounds off · -ing sounding off · past sounded off · past participle sounded off

口语：直率陈述、大声说出（看法）；常接 about 引出话题。

sound out: 试探意见 · sound off 强调直率表达观点，而 sound out 强调试探性地了解他人观点，并非直接表达。
speak out: 公开发表意见 · sound off 和 speak out 都有直率表达的意思，但 sound off 常带抱怨或炫耀语气，而 speak out 更常用于正义或反对不公。

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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.