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

• She feels rather put out about the whole affair.
  对整个这件事都相当不高兴。
• 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。
• 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 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 ship put about to pick up the girl who had fallen overboard.
  船掉转方向以便把落水的女孩救起来。
• He put it about that he would do no such thing.
  他放风说，他不愿做这样的事。
• 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。
• "We put about a$ 1bn of new money a month into hedge funds around the world-into our own hedge funds and into some of the best money managers," says Ms Erdoes.
  爱多士称：我们每月将大约10亿美元的新资金投入世界各地的对冲基金&包括我们自己的对冲基金和一些最为优秀的资金管理者。
• 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。
• 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。