Word · Frequency #15898
touting
吹捧；推销
touting is the present participle of tout.
To praise or promote something or someone publicly, often in an exaggerated way.
- 1.
To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.
炫耀,宣传；夸耀；推广
- 2.
To look for, try to obtain; used with for.
寻找,试图获得；与for连用
招揽；寻求；炫耀,宣传；夸耀；推广；寻找,试图获得；与for连用；招徕顾客；兜售物品
In use
The company is touting its new phone as the best on the market.
Local newspapers touted the restaurant's cheap lunch menu.
She always touts her son's achievements at every family dinner.
Verb forms
base tout · third person touts · -ing touting · past touted · past participle touted
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- tout something as something
- 把…吹捧为；宣称…是
- Critics touted the film as a modern classic.评论家们把这部电影吹捧为现代经典。
- tout for business
- 招揽生意
- Street guides touted for business outside the train station.车站外的街头向导在招揽生意。
- tout the benefits of
- 宣传…的好处
- The advertisement touts the benefits of the app.这则广告宣传这款应用的种种好处。
- heavily touted
- 被大力宣传的；备受吹捧的
- The restaurant was heavily touted before it even opened.这家餐厅还没开业就被大力宣传。
- tout one's wares
- 兜售自己的商品；夸耀自己的货色
- Vendors touted their wares at the market.小贩们在市场上兜售自己的商品。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 tout 联想成“套”：街头小贩用花言巧语“套”住路人，一边吹捧一边推销；tout for 则是到处“套”机会、拉生意。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：advertising/marketing、news/media、casual conversation 作为动词，tout 多用于商业推广或新闻报道中，表示公开地宣传、夸耀或吹捧某人或某事物，常带有促销或炒作意味。正式书面语中也能使用，但整体语域偏中性至非正式，日常口语中不算十分常用。
Grammar Note
作及物动词时后接宾语，作不及物动词时常与 for 或 as 连用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with tout /taʊt/ because they end in the same /aʊt/ sound: out, shout, about, pout, stout, trout. Watch out for lookalikes with 'ou' that sound different, such as touch /tʌtʃ/ and tough /tʌf/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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