it is rumoured that + clause
常用于被动结构，表示‘据谣传’，后接完整的从句。
It is rumoured that the company is planning to lay off staff.
据谣传，该公司计划裁员。
谣言(英联邦标准拼写)
to spread or report something as an unconfirmed story; often used in the passive to say that something is widely heard or talked about without proof.
常用被动：be rumoured 意为“据传；谣传”。
谣言(英联邦标准拼写)
Commonwealth standard spelling of rumor.
一般现在时
People often rumour things without evidence.
人们常常在没有证据的情况下谣传事情。
一般过去时
They rumoured that the company was closing down.
他们曾谣传那家公司要倒闭了。
现在完成时
It has been rumoured that she will resign.
一直有谣传说她会辞职。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
It is rumoured that the company is planning to merge with a rival.
据谣传，这家公司正计划与一家竞争对手合并。
用法提示：本句中 rumoured 是过去分词，用于被动结构 It is rumoured that...，表示‘据谣传’。
The actor's relationship was being rumoured about by tabloid journalists.
这位演员的恋情当时正被小报记者传闻。
用法提示：本句中 rumoured 是过去分词，用于过去进行时的被动结构 was being rumoured，表示‘正被传闻’。
It is rumoured that the mayor will resign after the scandal.
据谣传，市长将在丑闻后辞职。
用法提示：本句中 rumoured 是过去分词，用于一般现在时的被动结构 It is rumoured that...，表示‘据谣传’。
常用于被动结构，表示‘据谣传’，后接完整的从句。
It is rumoured that the company is planning to lay off staff.
据谣传，该公司计划裁员。
被动结构后接不定式，表示被谣传的状态。
The singer is rumoured to be married to her manager.
谣传这位歌手与她的经纪人结婚了。
主动语态使用较少，常与否定或质疑语境搭配。
Some people rumoured that the mansion was haunted.
有些人谣传这座宅邸闹鬼。
rumour 作动词时常用于被动 be rumoured；spread 是主动及物动词，常说 spread a rumour，不特别强调消息未经证实。
强调消息在人群中或网络上不断传开，可作不及物，如 The rumour circulated quickly；比 spread 更正式。
强调小声、私下传，常用 it is whispered that...；带有秘密感，比 rumour 更形象、更非正式。
grammar · medium
易错句子He rumoured that the meeting was cancelled.
正确表达It was rumoured that the meeting was cancelled.
动词rumour常用于被动结构，表示‘谣传’，而不用于主动语态。主动语态‘He rumoured...’不符合英语习惯，应改为被动句式‘It was rumoured that...’。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is rumoured that he will resign.
正确表达He is rumoured to be resigning.
被动结构‘He is rumoured that...’错误，因为rumour后不能直接跟that从句。正确搭配是‘He is rumoured to do...’或‘It is rumoured that...’。
目标义项为动词 rumour（英联邦拼写，指“谣传、散布未经证实的消息”）；confirm 意为“证实、确认”，使消息成为可靠事实，与 rumour 的“未经证实”相对。注意 confirm 不含“压制传闻”或“辟谣”的意思。
rumour（谣传）强调传播未经证实的消息；gossip（闲聊）侧重谈论他人私事，不一定是虚假的。
rumour（谣传）指传播未经证实的传闻；speculate（推测）指基于不完整信息进行推测，不一定传播给他人。
rumour（谣传）指无根据的传闻；leak（泄露）指有意或无意泄露秘密信息，通常有明确来源。
据传是
She is rumoured to be the new manager.
据传她将是新任经理。
有传言说
It is rumoured that the factory will close.
有传言说这家工厂要关闭了。
被广泛谣传
The takeover was widely rumoured before it was announced.
收购宣布之前已被广泛谣传。
据传已经
He is rumoured to have escaped the country.
据传他已经逃离了该国。
指私下谈论他人隐私的闲话，常与谣言相伴传播。
指未经证实的传闻，强调二手信息，与谣言同属不可靠消息。
指缺乏事实依据的推测，常常是谣言产生的土壤。
指低声私下说话，常用来暗示秘密传播谣言的场景。
指信息在人群中流传，是谣言传播的典型动作。
谣言是一支由猜疑、嫉妒和臆想吹响的笛子。
Said by the character Rumour at the start of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2, this metaphor describes how false reports are spread.
这句话由角色“谣言”在莎士比亚《亨利四世（下）》开场时说出，用笛子的比喻说明谣言是如何传播的。
关于我死亡的谣言被大大夸大了。
This line is popularly attributed to Mark Twain, who supposedly said it after a newspaper published a false obituary for him. It is a witty way to dismiss a false report.
这句话常被归于马克·吐温，据说他在一家报纸误发他的讣告后说了这句话，是一句驳斥不实消息的俏皮话。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.