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 tout的过去分词和过去式
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VERB 兜售;吹嘘 If someone touts something, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good.
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。
…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
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。
The product is touted as being completely natural. 该产品被吹嘘为是全天然的。
…a couple of highly touted novels. 几本被吹得天花乱坠的小说
VERB 兜揽;招徕 If someone touts for business or custom, they try to obtain it.
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。
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 someone touts tickets, they sell them outside a sports ground or theatre, usually for more than their original value.
...a man who made his money touting tickets... 靠倒票捞钱的人
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” A tout is someone who sells things such as tickets unofficially, usually at prices which are higher than the official ones.
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。
The product is touted as being completely natural. 该产品被吹嘘为是全天然的。
a couple of highly touted novels. 几本被吹得天花乱坠的小说
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。
Chipmaker NVIDIA ( NVDA) recently touted real-time face-rendering at its GPU Technology Conference in California. 芯片制造商英伟达(NVIDIA)最近在该公司于加利福尼亚召开的GPU技术大会(GPUTechnologyConference)上大力鼓吹实时面部渲染技术。
Hill devotes a chapter to pet insurance business he touted when we first met. 我们第一次相遇时,他大谈特谈的宠物保险业务,在这本书中专门有一章。
Green tea is already a better source than other much touted antioxident foods such as blue berries and chocolate. 与其他一些被力捧的抗氧化食物如蓝莓和巧克力相比,绿茶是更好的来源。
Over the years, I've worked with many tools that were touted as extensible and configurable. 在这些年间,我用过许多号称可扩展且可配置的工具。
It` s not the first time that the health benefits of beer have been touted. 这并非第一次宣扬啤酒对健康的益处。
The new firm is being touted as the leader in China for computer servers, storage and technology services. 这家新公司被宣扬为中国服务器、存储和技术服务业务的领头羊。
For years, higher education was touted as a safe path to professional and financial success. 多年来,高等教育被吹嘘为通向事业和经济成就的阳关大道。
Abroad, businesses and politicians have touted local solutions. 在海外,企业和政界人士鼓吹局部解决方案。
The solution touted by banks, asset managers and hedge funds is the broad adoption of central clearing. 银行、资产管理机构和对冲基金宣扬的解决方案是全面采用集中清算。
Since the news, the top wearable makers have openly touted the future of their business. 这个消息曝出后,一些可穿戴设备顶级制造商就开始公开造势,大肆渲染自己业务的美好未来。
People said that he touted for his mother and sister. 据说,他给母亲和姐姐拉生意。
IGN: Will the game make use of Sonys much touted PSP to PS3 functionality? 这个游戏会运用到索尼大力提倡的PSP和PS3的联动吗?
A cure rate of48.3 percent is promising in a disease that has been touted as untreatable. 传言中不可治疗的疾病中有百分之48.3是可以保证治愈的。
But that means travellers lose the benefit of a downtown arrival, often touted as an advantage of trains. 但是这意味着出行者丧失了直达城市中心的便利,这曾经是火车出行的一个优势所在。
It feels as if just yesterday the brooch was being touted as the must-have item for fall. 胸针被吹捧为这个秋天必须拥有的饰物好像就是昨天的事。
The group got a big build-up before their tour, being touted by many as the next beatles. 该乐队在巡回演出前获得了许多赞扬,被许多人吹捧为新一代甲壳虫乐队。
Nokia this morning touted a sharp turnaround in its smartphone share for the last quarter of2009. 诺基亚公司近日宣称自己的智能手机产品在去年第四季度的手机市场上打了一场漂亮的翻身仗。
The G20, once touted as a more efficient alternative to the UN, is in trouble. 一度被吹捧为比联合国更高效的二十国集团如今也遇到了麻烦。
The system they touted as superior has failed. 它们所吹捧的优越的道德体系已然坍塌。
She's being touted as the next leader of the party. 她被吹捧为该党的下一任领导人。
Many foods are touted as causing or preventing acne. 许多食品被誉为造成或防止痤疮。
He was a politician touted as a friend of the people. 他是一个被吹捧为人民之友的政客。
InfoQ: Service Governance has often been touted as a way to gain better business/ IT alignment. InfoQ:服务治理常被吹捧成让业务/IT更好对齐的一种方法。
This product was touted as a revolutionary invention. 这种产品被吹捧为革命性的发明。
Monoclonal antibodies were also a disappointment at first, after being touted for their extraordinary cancer fighting abilities. 单克隆抗体一开始就被吹捧为对癌症有特定的抵抗能力,但后来也令人失望。