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

• 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 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 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 death of that good doctor put about everybody.
  那位优秀医生的死使大家很难过。
• He is much put about by this.
  这使他非常难过。
• How plausible are the numerous "rags-to-riches" stories put about by the tycoons and their fawning publicists?
  富豪和奉承他们的宣传家散布的无数“白手起家”的故事有多大的可信度？
• 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。
• Do not believe all these stories that are being put about.
  不要相信所有这些谣传。
• Don't put yourself about because of this trifling matter.
  别为了这件小事操心。
• 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。