touts的中文翻譯是什麼意思

touts

/taʊts/

n. 招徠( tout的名詞複數 ); (音樂會、體育比賽等的)賣高價票的人; 偵查者; 探聽賽馬的情報

v. 兜售( tout的第三人稱單數 ); 招攬; 偵查; 探聽賽馬情報

touts柯林斯釋義

VERB兜售;吹噓

If someone touts something, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good.

  • It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates.

    它具有美國競選活動的典型特徵,即透過華而不實的電視廣告來吹噓候選人。

  • …a popular advertising industry practice of using performers to tout products…

    廣告業常用的利用藝人來兜售產品的做法

VERB兜攬;招徠

If someone touts for business or custom, they try to obtain it.

  • He visited Thailand and Singapore to tout for investment...

    他訪問了泰國與新加坡,以期招攬投資。

  • Minicabs are not allowed to tout for hire on the streets.

    小型計程車禁止在街上兜攬生意。

VERB(在體育場或劇院外)倒賣(高價票)

If someone touts tickets, they sell them outside a sports ground or theatre, usually for more than their original value.

  • ...a man who made his money touting tickets...

    靠倒票撈錢的人

  • The queue stretches several hundred yards and tickets are touted for a tenner.

    隊伍排得有幾百碼長,票被炒到 10 英鎊一張。

N-COUNT票販子;“黃牛”

A tout is someone who sells things such as tickets unofficially, usually at prices which are higher than the official ones.

    touts場景例句

    Many vouchers are returned for cash, allowing touts and middle men to make a healthy margin.

    許多月餅券都被兌換成現金, 這讓券販子和中間商賺取了不蜚的利潤.

    Spotting prey, the customary crowd of hustlers and touts swarmed around, jostling for my business.

    照例有大群的拉客黃牛在尋覓獵物, 他們爭相過來搶我的生意.

    We couldn't hear the starting announcement above the hubbub of bettors, speculators, tipsters, and touts.

    在打賭者 、 投機者 、 密報者以及出售賽馬情報者們的喧囂聲中我們無法聽到開始的宣告.

    A decline in gambling would force croupiers and racing touts to seek more productive occupations.

    若賭風日衰,在賭場和賽馬場營生的人就只好另謀更有效率的職業.