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

• I thought the poor man would break down into tears at last, as he was so put about.
  我以为那可怜的人终将恸哭一场，因为他是那样焦虑。
• 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。
• He put it about that he would do no such thing.
  他放风说，他不愿做这样的事。
• 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。
• 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。
• She feels rather put out about the whole affair.
  对整个这件事都相当不高兴。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is much put about by this.
  这使他非常难过。
• '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？'