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V-ERG
(文章等)传递,传阅,散发
If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
例句
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。
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。
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V-ERG
(谣言等)流传;散布
If something such as a rumour circulates or is circulated, the people in a place tell it to each other.
例句
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。
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。
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VERB
(在密闭场所或系统内)循环,流转,传播
When something circulates, it moves easily and freely within a closed place or system.
例句
...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
Cooking odors can circulate throughout the entire house.
做饭的香味可以传到家里的各个角落。
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VERB
(在聚会上)周旋,往来应酬
If you circulate at a party, you move among the guests and talk to different people.
例句
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。