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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't put yourself about because of this trifling matter.
  别为了这件小事操心。
• 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。
• "We put about a$ 1bn of new money a month into hedge funds around the world-into our own hedge funds and into some of the best money managers," says Ms Erdoes.
  爱多士称：我们每月将大约10亿美元的新资金投入世界各地的对冲基金&包括我们自己的对冲基金和一些最为优秀的资金管理者。
• He is much put about by this.
  这使他非常难过。
• She was much put about when she realized that she had given the parcel to the wrong person.
  当她意识到已把包裹给错了人时十分烦恼。
• When we saw the storm clouds gathering we put about and sailed back to our port.
  我们看到阴云密布，便改变方向，驶回港口。