Word · Frequency #15898
touting
吹捧；推销
touting is the present participle of tout.
核心释义
To praise or promote something or someone publicly, often in an exaggerated way.
- 1.
炫耀,宣传；夸耀；推广
To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.
- 2.
寻找,试图获得；与for连用
To look for, try to obtain; used with for.
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
用法In use
The company is touting its new phone as the best on the market.
用法提示：touting 是 tout 的现在分词，表示‘大力宣传、吹捧’。
Local newspapers touted the restaurant's cheap lunch menu.
用法提示：touted 是 tout 的过去式，表示‘公开宣传’。
She always touts her son's achievements at every family dinner.
用法提示：touts 是 tout 的第三人称单数，表示‘夸耀、吹嘘’。
tout sth
及物动词，后接被宣传、推销或吹捧的事物；常用于商业、政治语境。
The company touted its new smartphone in a series of ads.
公司在系列广告中大力宣传了它的新款智能手机。
tout sb/sth as sth
as 后接名词或形容词，表示被宣传或吹捧成的身份、性质；被动式也常见。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
语法说明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。
发音与拼写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/.
用法优先级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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