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 is much put about by their recent behaviour.
  他们近来的行为使他十分焦虑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• So pay attention to what you put on the Internet and what others put online about you.
  所以要注意些什么，你把互联网和别人把你在线。