touts

英 [taʊts]

美 [taʊts]

v.  标榜; 吹捧; 吹嘘; 兜售; 推销; (尤指在剧院、体育场等外)倒卖高价票，卖黑市票
n.  (音乐会、体育比赛等的)卖高价票的人，票贩子
tout的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 兜售;吹嘘
  If someonetoutssomething, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good.
  1. It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates.
     它具有美国竞选活动的典型特征，即通过华而不实的电视广告来吹嘘候选人。
  2. …a popular advertising industry practice of using performers to tout products…
     广告业常用的利用艺人来兜售产品的做法
  3. He was being touted as the most interesting thing in pop…
     他被吹捧为流行乐坛最有意思的家伙。
  4. The product is touted as being completely natural.
     该产品被吹嘘为是全天然的。
  5. …a couple of highly touted novels.
     几本被吹得天花乱坠的小说
• VERB 兜揽;招徕
  If someonetouts forbusiness or custom, they try to obtain it.
  1. He visited Thailand and Singapore to tout for investment...
     他访问了泰国与新加坡，以期招揽投资。
  2. Minicabs are not allowed to tout for hire on the streets.
     小型出租车禁止在街上兜揽生意。
• VERB (在体育场或剧院外)倒卖(高价票)
  If someonetoutstickets, they sell them outside a sports ground or theatre, usually for more than their original value.
  1. ...a man who made his money touting tickets...
     靠倒票捞钱的人
  2. The queue stretches several hundred yards and tickets are touted for a tenner.
     队伍排得有几百码长，票被炒到 10 英镑一张。

in AM, use 美国英语用 scalp


• 票贩子;“黄牛”
  Atoutis someone who sells things such as tickets unofficially, usually at prices which are higher than the official ones.

in AM, use 美国英语用 scalper

双语例句

• On trips to Brazil for Carnival, he saw signs of the economic progress the country had made: Desperate hustlers, touts and money changers didn't swarm him at the airport any more.
  在前往巴西参加狂欢节的途中，他看到尼日利亚取得经济进步的迹象：机场不再有骗子、票贩子和货币兑换商不顾一切地朝他涌来。
• It would also explain why ticket touts still make a living.
  它也是票贩子之所以仍能维持生计的原因所在。
• Package software touts its customizability, but there are limits to how much can be tailored.
  打包软件吹嘘其可定制性，但还是有对定制程度的限制。
• The farming and pharmaceutical industry touts nuclear transfer as a way to make animals with desirable characteristics, such as production of cattle that produce human proteins in their milk.
  畜牧和制药业把核移植技术视为获取特定性状动物的一种途径。例如，运用此技术得到产的奶中有人类蛋白质的牛。
• He touts the benefits of prevention, citing his own life-saving weight loss as an example.
  他宣扬预防的好处，以他自己救命的减肥为例子。
• Microsoft touts that this format is accessible and easily shared.
  Microsoft声称，这种格式易于访问和易于共享。
• Although the iPad touts a microphone and speakers, how exactly voice chat will be implemented is still anyone's guess.
  尽管iPad推出了话筒和扬声器，但究竟是否会植入语音电话仍然只是猜测。
• In a country in which carmakers are establishing themselves and fighting foreign brands for market share, SAIC touts its British ties.
  中国汽车制造商正纷纷努力站稳脚跟，与外国品牌争夺市场份额，在这种背景下，上汽大力宣传其与英国的关系。
• The visitor has to throw off the swarm of guides and hotel touts who cluster round the station entrance.
  游客不得不摆脱簇拥在车站入口处的那群向导和替旅馆揽客者的纠缠。
• Many vouchers are returned for cash, allowing touts and middlemen to make a healthy profit margin.
  许多月饼券都被兑换成现金，这让券贩子和中间商赚取了不蜚的利润。