circulate
英 ['sɜːkjʊleɪt]
美['sɝkjəlet]
- vi. 传播，流传；循环；流通
- vt. 使循环；使流通；使传播
词态变化
第三人称单数: circulates;过去式: circulated;过去分词: circulated;现在分词: circulating;
英英释意
- 1. become widely known and passed on;
- "the rumor spread"
- "the story went around in the office"
- 2. cause to become widely known;
- "spread information"
- "circulate a rumor"
- "broadcast the news"
- 3. cause to be distributed;
- "This letter is circulating among the faculty"
- 4. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point;
- "Blood circulates in my veins"
- "The air here does not circulate"
- 5. move in circles
- 6. cause to move in a circuit or system;
- "The fan circulates the air in the room"
- 7. move around freely;
- "She circulates among royalty"
- 8. cause to move around;
- "circulate a rumor"
英文词源
- circulate (v.)
- 1540s (late 15c. as a past participle adjective), as a chemical term for alternating vaporization and condensation, from Latin circulatus, past participle of circulare "to form a circle," from circulus (see circle (n.)). Meaning "to move around, revolve" is from 1670s; of blood, from 1650s; of persons, "to mingle in a social gathering," from 1863. Sense of "to pass about freely" is from 1660s; of newspapers from 1885. Related: Circulated; circulating.
同义词辨析
spread, circulate, distribute, propagate
这些动词均含"传播，散播"之意。
spread： 普通用词，使用广泛。指传播疾病、思想、文化、习惯或谣言等。
circulate： 既指某物在一物体内循环流动，又可指在一定范围内传播物品、刊物或思想、语言等。
distribute： 指把一定数量的东西分成若干等份进行分发。
propagate： 指自觉地努力推广，也指宣传或散布。
考试真题
- Without gravity to help circulate air, the carbon dioxide you exhale has a tendency to form an invisible cloud around you head.
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实用场景例句
- Cooled air is circulated throughout the building.
- 冷气在整座大楼循环。
牛津词典
- Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems.
- 有关他财务困难的谣言开始流传开来。
牛津词典
- The document will be circulated to all members.
- 这份文件将在所有成员中传阅。
牛津词典
- The condition prevents the blood from circulating freely.
- 这种病阻碍了血液的循环畅通。
牛津词典
- The document was previously circulated in New York at the United Nations...
- 这份文件先前在纽约的联合国总部传阅过。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall...
- 公务员、教师和自由派人士正在散发请愿书，要求将他召回。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Rumours were already beginning to circulate that the project might have to be abandoned...
- 已传出谣言说，该项目可能会被迫取消。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I deeply resented those sort of rumours being circulated at a time of deeply personal grief.
- 我特别憎恨那种在人家伤心透顶的时候还在传播的谣言。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a virus which circulates via the bloodstream and causes ill health in a variety of organs...
- 通过血液循环传播、造成多种器官病变的病毒
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Cooking odors can circulate throughout the entire house.
- 做饭的香味可以传到家里的各个角落。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Let me get you something to drink, then I must circulate.
- 我给你找点喝的，然后我得去应酬一下。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- How long is it to circulate bottoms up?
- 需要循环多长时间?
期刊摘选
- This potential difference can cause large currents to circulate and create unexpected voltage drops.
- 这种电位差能够产生很大的电流并且生成不希望有的电压降.
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- Make the plastic beads circulate with simple bucket scoops and the Archimedes Screw.
- 试用铲斗和阿基米德螺杆把塑料小珠来回传送.
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- In a high the applying gentle winds circulate clockwise around the center of the NortITn HemispITe.
- 在北半球高压中,经常用知识的和风围绕中心顺时针地吹.
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- The air here does not circulate.
- 这里的空气不流通.
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- Prevent pigment deposition, whiten skin, circulate blocked pores and weaken yellow pigment, nutrients & moisture for skin.
- 防止色素沉淀, 美白祛斑, 疏通 毛孔,淡化黄色素.充分营养水份.
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- Rumors a military coup began to circulate in the capital.
- 军事政变的谣言在首都流传开来.
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- That money tends to circulate among people who have grey income.
- 这些资金往往在拥有灰色收入的人群中循环流动.
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- In a high, the usually gentle winds circulate clockwise around the center of the Northern Hemisphere.
- 在北半球高压中, 常见的和风围绕中心顺时针地吹.
期刊摘选
- People who circulate false news are to be blamed.
- 散布流言者该受遣责.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Periodicals usually do not circulate outside the building of the Library.
- 期刊一般不可借出图书馆外.
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- City workers circulate among the columns outside the London Stock Exchange.
- 伦敦股票交易所外徘徊的人们.
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- It's a simple matter to circulate a newspaper in the metropolitan area.
- 在大城市的市区内发行报纸是很简单的事.
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- Heat and moisture in the air not circulate out on the air and nausea and fever.
- 空气中热和潮气散发不出去,空气就又闷又热.
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- Get some fans to circulate the air if you live in a hot area.
- 如果你生活在炎热地带可以装些风扇使空气流通.
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- Please open a window to allow the air to circulate.
- 打开窗子让空气流通.
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