tout

宣伝する、売り込む

注目や支持を集めるために、人や物のよさを強く宣伝する。

やさしい英語で： To tell people that someone or something is very good, usually to gain attention or support.

• The company touts its low prices.
• She touted the benefits of cycling to work.
• He was touted as the next team captain.

使い方： tout someone/something as something (They touted the device as a major advance.)

類義語： promote, publicize, advertise

よく使う表現： tout the benefits, tout something as, widely tout something, tout someone's skills

客引き、ダフ屋

商品を買わせたりサービスを利用させたりしようと、しつこく勧める人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who tries very strongly to get people to buy things or use a service.

• A tout offered us tickets.
• Hotel touts crowded around the arriving tourists.
• We avoided the touts outside the stadium.

類義語： hawker

よく使う表現： ticket tout, hotel tout, street tout