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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is much put about by their recent behaviour.
  他们近来的行为使他十分焦虑。
• 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。
• 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。
• I find it hard to respect people who put it about.
  我发现要尊敬生活放荡的人是很难的。
• Do not believe all these stories that are being put about.
  不要相信所有这些谣传。
• 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。