tout

verb

1. 标榜；吹捧；吹嘘
   to try to persuade people that sb/sth is important or valuable by praising them/it
   1. She's being touted as the next leader of the party.
      她被吹捧为该党的下一任领导人。
2. 兜售；推销
   to try to persuade people to buy your goods or services, especially by going to them and asking them directly
   1. the problem of unlicensed taxi drivers touting for business at airports
      没有执照的出租汽车司机在机场揽生意的问题
   2. He's busy touting his client's latest book around London's literary agents.
      他正忙于向伦敦各文学作品代理人兜售他的委托人的一部新书。
3. （尤指在剧院、体育场等外）倒卖高价票，卖黑市票
   to sell tickets for a popular event illegally, at a price that is higher than the official price, especially outside a theatre, stadium , etc.

noun

1. （音乐会、体育比赛等的）卖高价票的人，票贩子
   a person who buys tickets for concerts, sports events, etc. and then sells them to other people at a higher price

1. VERB 兜售;吹嘘
   If someone touts something, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good.
   1. It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates.
      它具有美国竞选活动的典型特征，即通过华而不实的电视广告来吹嘘候选人。
   2. …a popular advertising industry practice of using performers to tout products…
      广告业常用的利用艺人来兜售产品的做法
   3. He was being touted as the most interesting thing in pop…
      他被吹捧为流行乐坛最有意思的家伙。
   4. The product is touted as being completely natural.
      该产品被吹嘘为是全天然的。
   5. …a couple of highly touted novels.
      几本被吹得天花乱坠的小说
2. VERB 兜揽;招徕
   If someone touts for business or custom, they try to obtain it.
   1. He visited Thailand and Singapore to tout for investment...
      他访问了泰国与新加坡，以期招揽投资。
   2. Minicabs are not allowed to tout for hire on the streets.
      小型出租车禁止在街上兜揽生意。
3. VERB (在体育场或剧院外)倒卖(高价票)
   If someone touts tickets, they sell them outside a sports ground or theatre, usually for more than their original value.
   1. ...a man who made his money touting tickets...
      靠倒票捞钱的人
   2. The queue stretches several hundred yards and tickets are touted for a tenner.
      队伍排得有几百码长，票被炒到 10 英镑一张。

in AM, use 美国英语用 scalp


4. 票贩子;“黄牛”
   A tout is someone who sells things such as tickets unofficially, usually at prices which are higher than the official ones.

in AM, use 美国英语用 scalper

1. It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates.
   它具有美国竞选活动的典型特征，即通过华而不实的电视广告来吹嘘候选人。
2. a popular advertising industry practice of using performers to tout products
   广告业常用的利用艺人来兜售产品的做法
3. He was being touted as the most interesting thing in pop
   他被吹捧为流行乐坛最有意思的家伙。
4. The product is touted as being completely natural.
   该产品被吹嘘为是全天然的。
5. a couple of highly touted novels.
   几本被吹得天花乱坠的小说
6. He visited Thailand and Singapore to tout for investment
   他访问了泰国与新加坡，以期招揽投资。
7. Minicabs are not allowed to tout for hire on the streets.
   小型出租车禁止在街上兜揽生意。
8. The queue stretches several hundred yards and tickets are touted for a tenner.
   队伍排得有几百码长，票被炒到10英镑一张。
9. Wall Street seized on that number to tout apple as a great buy.
   华尔街利用这个数字来吹捧苹果股票非常便宜，绝对值得买入。
10. Such arrangements are normally simple: company pays celeb to tout its products.
    通常来说，这种合作关系很简单：公司付钱给名人，名人负责推销产品。
11. Some vendors tout their security certifications obtained from sanctioning entities.
    一些供应商会吹捧其产品获得了授权机构的认证。
12. As a registered dietician, I like to tout the nutritious benefits of foods.
    作为注册营养师，我喜欢吹捧营养食物的好处。
13. Vancouver's tourism office is tapping Chinese celebrities to tout trips to the Canadian city.
    温哥华旅游局通过邀请中国名人来宣传当地旅游。
14. He knows that Americans openly tout their skills and accomplishments and are less deferential to potential employers.
    他也知道美国人会公开吹嘘自己的经验成就，并且不会对潜在的雇主毕恭毕敬。
15. More and more Chinese are coming, the tout said.
    来这里的中国人越来越多，那个招徕顾客的人说。
16. This guy peddles a tout service on tv.
    这家伙来的目的就是吹捧他的节目。
17. Many Chinese restaurants, in response, now proudly tout themselves as MSG-free.
    现在许多中国餐馆做出的反应是，骄傲地吹嘘他们在烹调中不用MSG。
18. For some graduates, the pursuit comes when they realize they don't want the run-of-the-mill jobs in, say, finance or consulting that companies typically tout on campus.
    对于一些毕业生而言，当他们意识到自己并不想在通常在校园里招兵买马的金融或咨询行业干一份普普通通的工作时，他们便开始了自己的追求。
19. Tout your skills, experience, education and other qualifications, especially those that match the job description well.
    你兜技巧，经验，以及其他学历教育，尤其是配合工作描述。
20. Tout comprendre c'est tout pardonner ( To understand everything is to excuse everything).
    原谅了一切才理解了一切。
21. His people tout him as the most acceptable candidate to the broadest range of Republicans.
    他的支持者奉他为共和党五味杂陈的一帮候选者中人气最旺的。
22. In marketing electric cars, the companies also plan to tout lower running costs.
    在营销中，它们还计划把电动汽车较低的运行成本（runningcosts）作为卖点。
23. I need it on my desk tout de suite.
    请立刻放到我的桌子上。
24. In this way, the particular social world becomes the world tout court.
    在这样的方式下，这特殊的社会世界，是他们简单的世界。
25. First, ignore advertisements ( and newspaper articles) that tout the past performance of particular sectors or funds.
    第一，不要理睬兜售具体板块或基金往日业绩的广告（和报纸文章）。
26. Airbus and Boeing were able to tout minor victories for their next generation of aircraft at the Beijing show.
    空客和波音得以在北京国际航空展上炫耀自己的下一代飞机取得的小小胜利。
27. Private equity funds are eager to recruit them and head-hunters tout them to other companies that need a boost.
    私人股本基金迫切希望招聘这种高管，猎头也把他们推销给需要提振业务的其他公司。
28. You feel that the Government always like to tout it were all expressed in space and opportunities?
    你感觉到政府总喜欢给吹捧它的人全部表达的空间和机会吗？
29. A ticket tout offered me a two pound ticket for ten pounds.
    票贩子索价十镑向我兜售原价两镑的票子。
30. Even fashion editors who tout couture's more fanciful currents on the pages of their magazines venerate Sander.
    即使是在自己杂志上大力吹捧更奇巧的服装设计风潮的时装编辑，也尊敬桑德这位时装设计大师。

noun

1. one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)

   Synonym:    tipster

2. someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way

   Synonym:    touter

3. someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

   Synonym:    ticket tout

verb

1. show off

   Synonym:    boastswashshoot a linebraggasblowblustervauntgasconade

2. advertize in strongly positive terms
   1. This product was touted as a revolutionary invention