circulate

英 [ˈsɜːkjəleɪt]

美 [ˈsɜːrkjəleɪt]

v.  (液体或气体)环流，循环; 传播; 流传; 散布; 传送; 传递; 传阅

过去分词：circulated　现在分词：circulating　过去式：circulated　第三人称单数：circulates　

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牛津词典

verb

• （液体或气体）环流，循环
  when a liquid, gas, or air circulates or is circulated , it moves continuously around a place or system
  1. The condition prevents the blood from circulating freely.
     这种病阻碍了血液的循环畅通。
  2. Cooled air is circulated throughout the building.
     冷气在整座大楼循环。
• 传播；流传；散布
  if a story, an idea, information, etc. circulates or if you circulate it, it spreads or it is passed from one person to another
  1. Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems.
     有关他财务困难的谣言开始流传开来。
• 传送；传递；传阅
  to send goods or information to all the people in a group
  1. The document will be circulated to all members.
     这份文件将在所有成员中传阅。
• （尤指在聚会上）往来应酬，周旋
  to move around a group, especially at a party, talking to different people

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (文章等)传递，传阅，散发
  If a piece of writingcirculatesoris circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
  1. The document was previously circulated in New York at the United Nations...
     这份文件先前在纽约的联合国总部传阅过。
  2. Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall...
     公务员、教师和自由派人士正在散发请愿书，要求将他召回。
  3. An e-mail is already circulating amongst news staff calling for voluntary redundancies.
     在新闻部员工中已经在转发一封电子邮件，呼吁大家自愿裁汰。
• V-ERG (谣言等)流传;散布
  If something such as a rumourcirculatesoris circulated, the people in a place tell it to each other.
  1. Rumours were already beginning to circulate that the project might have to be abandoned...
     已传出谣言说，该项目可能会被迫取消。
  2. I deeply resented those sort of rumours being circulated at a time of deeply personal grief.
     我特别憎恨那种在人家伤心透顶的时候还在传播的谣言。
• VERB (在密闭场所或系统内)循环，流转，传播
  When somethingcirculates, it moves easily and freely within a closed place or system.
  1. ...a virus which circulates via the bloodstream and causes ill health in a variety of organs...
     通过血液循环传播、造成多种器官病变的病毒
  2. Cooking odors can circulate throughout the entire house.
     做饭的香味可以传到家里的各个角落。
• VERB (在聚会上)周旋，往来应酬
  If youcirculateat a party, you move among the guests and talk to different people.
  1. Let me get you something to drink, then I must circulate.
     我给你找点喝的，然后我得去应酬一下。

英英释义

verb

• cause to move around
  1. circulate a rumor
  Synonym:mobilizemobilise
• cause to become widely known
  1. spread information
  2. circulate a rumor
  3. broadcast the news
  Synonym:circularizecircularisedistributedisseminatepropagatebroadcastspreaddiffusedispersepass around
• become widely known and passed on
  1. the rumor spread
  2. the story went around in the office
  Synonym:go aroundspread
• move around freely
  1. She circulates among royalty
• move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
  1. Blood circulates in my veins
  2. The air here does not circulate
• cause to move in a circuit or system
  1. The fan circulates the air in the room
• cause be distributed
  1. This letter is being circulated among the faculty
  Synonym:pass aroundpass ondistribute
• move in circles
  Synonym:circle

双语例句

• Rumors began to circulate among the local people that the capital city had been conquered.
  在当地人中开始流传这样的谣言，说是首都城市被攻陷了。
• The document was previously circulated in New York at the United Nations
  这份文件先前在纽约的联合国总部传阅过。
• Leave a gap at the top and bottom so air can circulate.
  上下各留一个口子通风。
• The judge will circulate the draft opinion to the other judges for their revisions and suggestions.
  该法官会传阅意见草稿以供他人修改和提出建议。
• But the ones I've marked up cannot circulate: they have become my journals, my confessions.
  但那些做过评注的书就不能流传出去了，它们已经成了我的日志，我的自白书。
• We would really encourage you to circulate to whom could be interested in.
  我们将确实鼓励你传播到谁能被感兴趣在里面。
• Rumors circulate rapidly subsequent to the wide use of the Internet.
  在因特网得到广泛应用后，谣言的传播速度也加快了。
• I deeply resented those sort of rumours being circulated at a time of deeply personal grief.
  我特别憎恨那种在人家伤心透顶的时候还在传播的谣言。
• Cooking odors can circulate throughout the entire house.
  做饭的香味可以传到家里的各个角落。
• The digital certificate server can be set up to circulate digital certificates to users.
  数字认证服务器可以设置为用户的循环数字认证。