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？
• 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。
• She feels rather put out about the whole affair.
  对整个这件事都相当不高兴。
• He was very much put about by the report he received from the front.
  前线送回来的报告使他非常焦急。
• He was very much put about by the news of the illness of his fellow worker.
  听到同事生病的消息他很不安。
• The skipper put us about to avoid submarines that had been reported in that area.
  据报道，该区常有潜艇出没，为避免与潜艇相遇，船长让我们改变航向。
• 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。
• He put it about that he would do no such thing.
  他放风说，他不愿做这样的事。
• Don't put yourself about because of this trifling matter.
  别为了这件小事操心。
• The ship put about to pick up the girl who had fallen overboard.
  船掉转方向以便把落水的女孩救起来。