be rumouredif something is rumoured to be true, people are saying secretly or unofficially that it may be true 谣传，传闻 → allegedit is rumoured that It was rumoured that Johnson had been poisoned. 传言说约翰逊是被毒死的。
be rumoured to be something She was rumoured to be a millionaire. 据说她是个百万富翁。
a young man widely rumoured to be her lover 盛传是她情人的一个年轻男子
widely rumoured• The Beach is not the disaster that has been widely rumoured.
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