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

• 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。
• On trips to Brazil for Carnival, he saw signs of the economic progress the country had made: Desperate hustlers, touts and money changers didn't swarm him at the airport any more.
  在前往巴西参加狂欢节的途中，他看到尼日利亚取得经济进步的迹象：机场不再有骗子、票贩子和货币兑换商不顾一切地朝他涌来。
• And while the music is a bit narrow in scope ( the website touts it as high quality noncommercial underground electronic dance music), it can serve as a good jumping-off point for those who want to see more of Chinese culture.
  虽然该音乐节的乐曲范围有点窄（官网宣称它是高品质的非商业地下电子舞曲），但是对那些想更多了解中国文化的人来说，它是个很好的切入点。
• Once you disembark, hordes of taxi touts will pounce on you, asking if you would like a taxi to your hotel.
  一旦你下车，很多的士托儿就会想你涌来，问你要不要作的士去酒店。
• 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。
• 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。
• Although the iPad touts a microphone and speakers, how exactly voice chat will be implemented is still anyone's guess.
  尽管iPad推出了话筒和扬声器，但究竟是否会植入语音电话仍然只是猜测。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？