Word · Frequency #3495
rumour
谣传；传说
核心释义
常用被动：be rumoured 意为“据传；谣传”。
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.
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谣言(英联邦标准拼写)
Commonwealth standard spelling of rumor.
谣言(英联邦标准拼写)；谣传
用法In use
It is rumoured that the company is planning to merge with a rival.
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.
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.
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’。
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。
be rumoured to be + noun/adjective
被动结构后接不定式，表示被谣传的状态。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- be rumoured to be
- 据传是
- She is rumoured to be the new manager.据传她将是新任经理。
- it is rumoured that
- 有传言说
- It is rumoured that the factory will close.有传言说这家工厂要关闭了。
- widely rumoured
- 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。
- rumoured to have
- 据传已经
- He is rumoured to have escaped the country.据传他已经逃离了该国。
流行文化与引用
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
rumour 里藏着 our（我们）——谣言靠‘我们’口口相传，越传越像真的。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、正式书面语 作动词时，rumour 最常用于被动结构 be rumoured，表示“据传”，多出现在新闻报道或较正式的书面语中。日常口语中较少这样用，更常说 There is a rumour that... 或 People say...。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用于被动结构 be rumoured + that 从句或 to do
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
rumour /ˈruːmə/ rhymes with humour and tumour, which both end in /-uːmə/ (with a light /j/ after h or t). Beware lookalikes such as colour /ˈkʌlə/ and honour /ˈɒnə/: their -our is pronounced /ə/, not /uːmə/.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.