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。
• 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。
• Don't put yourself about because of this trifling matter.
  别为了这件小事操心。
• Do not believe all these stories that are being put about.
  不要相信所有这些谣传。
• He put it about that he would do no such thing.
  他放风说，他不愿做这样的事。
• 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。
• '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？'
• The death of that good doctor put about everybody.
  那位优秀医生的死使大家很难过。
• For this reason we have underlined them and put information about them in the glossary at the of this book.
  因为这个原因，我们也将它添加下划线，并将它们的信息列在书后的词汇表上。