touted
past simple and past participle oftout
| 单词 | touted |
| 释义 | touted past simple and past participle oftout tout verb uk/taʊt/us/taʊt/toutverb(MAKE KNOWN)[T] toadvertise,talkabout, orpraisesomething or someonerepeatedly,especiallyas a way ofencouragingpeopleto like,accept, orbuysomething: Theministerhas been touting theseideasfor sometime. He is beingwidelytoutedasthe nextleaderof theparty. Alocalcardealershipwas toutingitsservices/wareson theradio. [I]mainlyUK torepeatedlytrytopersuadepeopletobuyyourgoodsorservices: There were hundreds oftaxisat theairport, all toutingforbusiness/custom. Advertising and marketing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Selling toutverb(SELL UNOFFICIALLY)[T]UKdisapproving(USscalp) tosellticketsfor something such as asportsgameortheatreperformanceunofficially, usually at a muchhigherpricethan theofficialprice: £30seatsfor thematchwere being toutedfor£500. Trafficking & racketeering
Examplesoftoutedtouted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Free trade is currently beingtoutedas the panacea to both economic and political ills. From theCambridge English Corpus Long a favorite of vegetarians, the soybean is nowtoutedas a potent cholesterol cutter. From theCambridge English Corpus Infection istoutedas a potential aetiological agent. From theCambridge English Corpus Unlike manytoutedremedies, however, wake and light therapy are not alternative, unproved, or soft. From theCambridge English Corpus Doing these well is hard work, but it is not, strictly speaking, transferable communication skills in the sensetoutedby the communication industry. From theCambridge English Corpus In popular culture, wise lifestyle choices and active engagement in life aretoutedas pathways to happiness and longevity. From theCambridge English Corpus Bioprospecting values have been bothtoutedas the saviour of the world's biodiversity, and downplayed as being so small as to create no conservation incentive. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, it istoutedby many outsiders as a driving force for the region's political and economic transformation. From theCambridge English Corpus Houseplants, with their air-cleaning effects, weretoutedas healthy for human inhabitants. From theCambridge English Corpus Packaged in racial terms ('almond eyes', 'picturesque race', 'good figures') and clearly gendered, female nudity wastoutedto male customers. From theCambridge English Corpus In consequence, the funded system,toutedas a way to tackle the issue of an ageing population, has become the normative form. From theCambridge English Corpus Although standardization is oftentoutedas a cost-saving tool, it does not always result in lower costs. From theCambridge English Corpus Just a few years after the event, the introduction of tuberculin wastoutedas a lesson on how not to proceed. From theCambridge English Corpus But it would seem to be a more significant coincidence of events than the muchtouted, though imperfectly understood, failure of the court to hang any of the confessors. From theCambridge English Corpus Agents are being used, andtouted, for applications as diverse as personalised information management, electronic commerce, interface design, computer games, and management of complex commercial and industrial processes. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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