sounder

基本解释

While this creates havoc with asset matching, this helps the borrowing company look more financially active than they are and presumably appear sounder at the same time.
这将会扭曲企业资产配比，但这可以帮助借款企业，使它看起来在财务上比实际更活跃并且在同一时期看起来更好。
He thinks the basic design of the suits—inflexibility and all—is far sounder than any of the proposed improvements.
他认为那些宇航服的基本设计 – 僵硬及其他 – 比目前提出的任何改进计划都要可靠得多。
Its replacement looks far sounder that anybody dared hope: a coalition of ideas and people that, on the whole, brings out the best in both parties.
而他的接替者看上去更为可靠，这是想都不敢子想的：一个两党联合的思想和人员将产生最好的结果。

Borrowing to finance a transition to a sounder system would be the responsible thing to do.
FORBES: Fact and Comment
They must, at the same time, create growth and put their economy on a sounder basis.
FORBES: Will China's Stimulus Work?
Even in the wake of a global financial upheaval, this anniversary finds China on sounder footing.
FORBES: Side Lines

an electromagnetic device formerly used in telegraphy to convert electric signals sent over wires into audible sounds
a person or device that measures the depth of water, etc

测深仪
The requirement of research on digital depth sounder was put forward in this paper. The development of automative measuring equipment in navigation has also been introduced.
本文在分析当前我国航海自动化测量仪器发展现状的基础上提出研制回声测深仪的时代要求；根据回声测深仪的技术要求分析该课题的理论研究背景。
码器
音响机