touted

英 [ˈtaʊtɪd]

美 [ˈtaʊtɪd]

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

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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This product was touted as a revolutionary invention.
  这种产品被吹捧为革命性的发明。
• 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。
• 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。
• People said that he touted for his mother and sister.
  据说，他给母亲和姐姐拉生意。