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

• 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。
• On the other, he touts his biracial, multicultural background as an advantage when it comes to representing the U.S.abroad.
  另一方面，他使劲兜售自己的黑白混血的多元文化背景，就广泛代表美国来说，他的这种背景倒是一种优势。
• 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？
• Billboards advertise utopian visions of Chongqing's future. Here, a sign touts peaceful development.
  广告牌为重庆理想的未来做广告。这是一个兜售和平发展的迹象。
• With the weather warming up, illegal touts are already out in force in the main tourist areas along the harbour and seafront of Kato Paphos.
  随着天气变暖，非法师爷是列于沿加藤帕福斯港口和海滨旅游区的主要力量了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, undercover reporters from the Sunday Times posing as Middle Eastern ticket touts claim to have found 27 officials and agents who were willing to do business.
  但是《星期日泰晤士报》的暗访记者假装成中东票贩子，发现有27个官员和官方票务处乐意倒票。
• One side touts the benefits of clean energy, calling for government support – federal subsidies, tax credits and stringent air quality, and fuel economy regulations – for renewable sources.
  一方鼓吹清洁能源的好处，为可再生能源呼吁政府支持&联邦补贴、税收抵免和严格的空气质量标准以及对燃料经济性的监管。