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

• 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。
• First, I will put about a tablespoon of water in the soda can, and a little cold water in the saucepan.
  我先在易拉罐里加入约一汤匙的水，在平底锅里加少许冷水。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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 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。
• He put it about that he would do no such thing.
  他放风说，他不愿做这样的事。
• "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。