in AM, use 美国英语用 rumored
V-PASSIVE 据传闻;据说 If something is rumoured to be the case, people are suggesting that it is the case, but they do not know for certain. 据传闻;据说 [Also there be V-ed to-inf, be V-ed]
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Her parents are rumoured to be on the verge of splitting up. [be VERB-ed to-infinitive]
据说她的父母快要离婚了。
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It was rumoured that he had been interned in an asylum for a while. [be VERB-ed that]
据说他曾在一家精神病院关过一段时间。
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...his rumoured relationship with a young singer. [VERB-ed]
他与一位年轻歌手的绯闻