tout
verb- [transitive, often passive]
to try to persuade people that somebody/something is important or valuable by praising them/it 标榜；吹捧；吹嘘 - [intransitive, transitive] (especially British English)
to try to persuade people to buy your goods or services, especially by going to them and asking them directly 兜售；推销 - tout (for something)
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 - tout something
He's busy touting his client's latest book around London publishers. 他正忙于向伦敦多家出版商兜售他的委托人的一部新书。
- tout (for something)
- [transitive] (British English) (North American English scalp)tout something
to sell tickets for a popular event illegally, at a price that is higher than the official price, especially outside a theatre, stadium, etc. （尤指在剧院、体育场等外以高价）倒卖门票，卖黑市票
Word OriginMiddle English tute ‘look out’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tuit ‘spout, nozzle’. Later senses were ‘watch, spy on’ (late 17th cent.) and ‘solicit custom’ (mid 18th cent.). The noun was first recorded (early 18th cent.) in the slang use ‘thieves' lookout’.