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词汇 touting
释义 touting
present participle oftout
tout
verb
uk /taʊt/ us /taʊt/

toutverb (MAKE KNOWN)


[ T ]
to advertise, talk about, or praise something or someone repeatedly, especially as a way of encouraging people to like, accept, or buy something: (尤指为了提高销售额、知名度或推动发展)给…做广告,宣传,赞扬,吹捧
The minister has been touting these ideas for some time.教育部长一段时间以来一直在宣传这些理念。
He is being widely touted as the next leader of the party.到处都在宣传他是党的下一任领袖。
A local car dealership was touting its services/wares on the radio.一家地方汽车特许经销商正在当地电台作宣传。
[ I ]mainly UK
to repeatedly try to persuade people to buy your goods or services: 兜售;招徕
There were hundreds of taxis at the airport, all touting for business/custom.机场有数百辆出租车,都在拉生意/招徕乘客。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Advertising and marketing
ad
ad agency
adman
adverse publicity
advert
cross-selling
customer relationship management
demographics
detoxify
differentiator
o.n.o.
off-brand
on-brand
opinion mining
overexpose
tout
trade dress
unadvertised
unbilled
unbranded

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Selling

toutverb (SELL UNOFFICIALLY)


[ T ]UKdisapproving(USscalp)
to sell tickets for something such as a sports game or theatre performance unofficially, usually at a much higher price than the official price: (通常以高出官方价格很多的价格)倒卖,高价出售(体育比赛票、戏票等)
£30 seats for the match were being touted for £500.30英镑的比赛门票被票贩子高价卖到500英镑。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Trafficking & racketeering
anti-racketeering
anti-smuggling
bagman
black market
contraband
gun-running
missell
misselling
modern slavery
pass
people trafficking
racket
scalp
scammer
screen sharing
sell
sell someone a bill of goodsidiom
smuggle
smuggling
traffic

Examples of touting


touting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Of course, touting highland minorities as fierce warriors was a potentially perilous marketing strategy.
Thus, organic producer-handlers seem to be touting the locally grown and environmental characteristics of their products significantly more than all handlers.
These forces are exploiting the current ambiguity and touting composition (and sometimes improvisation) as creativity in music education in their attempts to change the paradigm, regardless.
There is any number of organisations such as merchant banks, issuing houses and all the rest, which are simply and properly touting for business.
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If there is a tout who is obviously touting for business it will be seen that he is accosting people in the street.
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Those agents often trawl an area, touting for business by knocking on doors of properties outside which there are many "for sale" signs.
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They have very strict rules with regard to ticket touting.
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I would rather see taxpayers' money go to those who deserve compensation for some real injury, not to lawyers touting for business.
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Ticket touting is not, of course, confined to football.
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The question of ticket touting has been debated at some length.
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Touting elsewhere may be offensive, but is not a serious threat to public order.
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According to the report, the level of touting was in reality much higher.
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This is because of the implications such touting may have for public order and public safety.
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How would the police know which one he is touting for?
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Would you please give me your name and address and the name and address of your employer, the person for whom you are touting?
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