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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She feels rather put out about the whole affair.
  对整个这件事都相当不高兴。
• 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。
• 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。
• 'It's Being put aBout that she was secretly married to a millionaire.''Who put that lie aBout?'
  谣传她已与一百万富翁秘密结婚。'这谣言是谁散布的？'
• 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。
• Don't put yourself about because of this trifling matter.
  别为了这件小事操心。