put about

英 [pʊt əˈbaʊt]

美 [pʊt əˈbaʊt]

传播; 散布

柯林斯词典

The forms put around and put round are also used in British English. put around 和 put round亦用于英国英语中。


• PHRASAL VERB 传播；散布
  If youputsomethingabout, you tell it to people that you meet and cause it to become well-known.
  1. Moderates are putting it about that people shouldn't take the things said at the Republican Convention too seriously...
     温和派散布说人们不应该把共和党大会上说的话太当真。
  2. The King had been putting about lurid rumours for months.
     国王连续数月都在散布骇人听闻的谣言。

双语例句

• How plausible are the numerous "rags-to-riches" stories put about by the tycoons and their fawning publicists?
  富豪和奉承他们的宣传家散布的无数“白手起家”的故事有多大的可信度？
• Our mast broke, so we had to put about, and return to port.
  我们的桅杆断了，所以只得掉转船头，驶回港口。
• He put it about that he would do no such thing.
  他放风说，他不愿做这样的事。
• I thought the poor man would break down into tears at last, as he was so put about.
  我以为那可怜的人终将恸哭一场，因为他是那样焦虑。
• He is much put about by this.
  这使他非常难过。
• The comforting idea put about by the oil bulls that Chinese demand could withstand any shock was shattered by a steep fall in consumption in the second half of 2008.
  对油价看涨的人提出，来自中国的需求能够经得起任何冲击，但这种鼓舞人心的观点，被2008年下半年消费量的急剧下降击得粉碎。
• I've put on about two kilograms in the last three months.
  在过去的三个月里，我的体重增加了大约两公斤。
• As soon as they realized that they were going in the wrong direction, they put about and retraced their path.
  他们一发觉正在朝着错误的方向前进，就马上折回原路。
• The death of that good doctor put about everybody.
  那位优秀医生的死使大家很难过。
• Global auto makers on average put about 8% to 9% of their sales toward capital expenditure and research and development.
  全球汽车厂商平均将8%-9%的销售额投入到资本开支和研发。