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

• Did they use the "the guiding light of director conduct: business judgment," which Dinh touts in his opinion piece – or did they simply rely on management?
  他们使用了丁恩在评论文章中吹嘘的“董事行为的指路明灯：商业判断”？还是仅仅依赖管理层？
• While Alibaba touts itself as largest online and mobile commerce company in the world, the prospectus concedes that the company might become a target for anti-trust regulation in China, and it could be subject to new taxes.
  尽管阿里巴巴宣称自己是全球最大的在线和移动商务公司，它在招股说明书中也承认自己可能会成为中国反垄断监管的目标。另外，它还承认可能会受到新税法的影响。
• 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。
• 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。
• Notwithstanding the illegality of this trade, you are advised for your own safety not to follow these touts into any private buildings.
  由于这个行业是违法经营，而且为了个人的安全，请勿跟随表贩进入任何私人楼宇。
• Hence the marketing push by Diageo, the London-based drinks giant that owns Johnnie Walker.A20-storey hoarding on the side of a skyscraper in Nairobi touts Johnnie Walker Black.
  尊尼获加由总部位于伦敦的啤酒大亨迪阿吉奥经营，自从迪阿吉奥推动啤酒市场后，位于内罗毕摩天大厦的旁边20层楼的楼层都在向顾客兜售黑尊尼获加。
• 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。
• Each vendor naturally touts the strengths of their adopted approach, and highlights the weaknesses inherent in those of their competitors.
  很自然地，每个供应商都吹捧他们采用的方法功能多么强大，同时也强调竞争对手采用的方法固有的弱点。
• Mr Lu touts the "new Beijing, New Olympics" slogan as symbolising its efforts to pursue modernisation.
  陆海军表示，“新北京、新奥运”的口号，象征北京追求现代化的努力。
• 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。