circulate

英 ['sɜːkjəleɪt] 美 ['sɜːrkjəleɪt]

• vi. 流通；循环；传播
• vt. 使流通，使环流

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)循环,(使)流通

   (cause to) move or flow around in a closed system, always remaining within the system

2. vt. & vi. (使)流传,散布,传播

   (cause to) spread widely

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 循环，环行，环流，巡回，流转
2. 流通
3. 分布
4. （在社会上、在聚会上）流传，传播；传阅
5. 周旋，来回走动
6. 发行，销售
7. 【数】（小数）循环
8. 使循环，使环流，使环行
9. 使流通，使周转
10. 使流传开来，散布，使传播，使传阅

英英释义

Verb:

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 be distributed;

   "This letter is being circulated 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"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. Please open a window to allow the air to circulate.
   打开窗子让空气流通。
2. Foreign money is not allowed to circulate in China.
   外币不允许在中国流通。
3. Money shall circulate freely within the common market.
   货币应在共同市场内自由流通。
4. Blood circulates through the body.
   血液在体内循环。
5. The news of her death circulated quickly.
   她死去的消息迅速传开。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. During a depression money circulates slowly.
   在经济不景气时期,货币流通得慢。
2. Rumor circulates rapidly.
   谣言传得快。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The foreman circulated the news of a factory shut-down.
   工头散布工厂停工的消息。
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2. A lot of false information has been circulated.
   许多流言散布开了。

经典引文

• Portia had to circulate the cakes.

  出自： E. Bowen

• An enthusiastic group had mimeographed leaflets..and by evening these had been widely circulated.

  出自： M. L. King

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• circulate false news 散布流言
• circulate rumour 散布谣言
• circulate secret 传开秘密

～+副词

• circulate briskly 迅速周转
• circulate rapidly 很快传开
• circulate slowly 流通滞缓
• circulate widely 广泛流传

～+介词

• circulate about the neighborhood 在邻近一带流传
• circulate round〔through〕 the body 在全身循环

词义辨析

v. (动词)

circulate, diffuse, disseminate, expand, extend, propagate, radiate, spread

• 这组词都有“延伸”“延长”“伸展”“展开”的意思。其区别是：
• 1.spread指向四面八方扩大范围。
• 2.circulate指无拘无束地或不间断地传播、散布到各处。例如:
• She opened a window to allow the air to circulate.她打开窗户使空气流通。
• 3.disseminate指到处传播思想、理论等。例如:
• They use the press to disseminate right wing views.他们利用报刊来传播右翼观点。
• 4.diffuse指光线、声音、气味等在空中传送或散布。例如:
• Light diffused from the window.光从窗户射进来。
• 5.extend指延展物体的长度、宽度,延伸或扩大某一事物,以及延长时间、期限等,也指伸开四肢或躯体。例如:
• They extended the road for three more miles.他们把那条路又延长了三英里多。
• The headmaster extended our holidays by a week.校长把我们的假期延长了一个星期。
• 6.expand指扩大面积或体积,也指把合拢的东西放开(即三维)。例如:
• This county has expanded its area under cultivation by more than 50,000 mu .该县扩大了50,000亩耕地。
• Heat expands metals.热使金属膨胀。
• He does exercises to expand his chest.他做体操扩胸。
• 7.propagate通常指宣传某种信念、看法或传播某种言论,以使更多的人相信或参与。例如:
• We should not only learn knowledge, but also propagate it.我们不仅应学习知识,而且应传播它。
• The Greek civilization was propagated all over Europe.希腊文明传播至整个欧洲。
• 8.radiate指从中心向四面八方散发,是技术用语,特指光或热的辐射。例如:
• The sun radiates light and heat.太阳放射光和热。
• The electric heater radiated warmth.电暖器散发出热量。

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指宣传，尤其指官方为达到一定政治目的而进行的传播活动。

词源解说

• ☆ 1540左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的circulari，意为形成圆圈。

近反义词

【近义词】

• distribute 分配
• broadcast 广播
• publish 出版
• scatter 散播
• pass around 分
• spread 传播
• circle 圆圈
• mingle 使混合
• socialize 使 ... 社会化...
• mix 混合
• party 聚会
• hand out 分发
• give out 分发
• send out 派遣
• flow 流动
• move 移动
• travel 旅行
• pass 通过
• rumor 谣言
• radiate 放射
• wheel 方向盘
• divulge 泄露
• promote 促进
• go 去
• go around 四处走动
• around 到处
• propagate 繁殖
• disseminate 散播
• diffuse 扩散
• mobilize 动员
• circularise 传阅
• circularize 发传单
• disperse 分散
• mobilise 动员
• pass on 传递