hoopla

英 [ˈhuːplɑː]

美 [ˈhuːplɑː]

n.  大吹大擂; 喧闹; 投环套物

BNC.49670 / COCA.18047

牛津词典

noun

• 大吹大擂；喧闹
  excitement about sth which gets a lot of public attention
• 投环套物
  a game in which players try to throw rings over objects in order to win them as prizes

英英释义

noun

• blatant or sensational promotion
  Synonym:ballyhoohypeplug

双语例句

• The hoopla surrounding the panda cubs comes because the animals, notoriously uninterested in sex and famously choosy about mates, only have a window of several days to conceive each year.
  大熊猫三胞胎的诞生引发了轰动，这是因为大熊猫对性非常不感兴趣，对配偶非常挑剔，每年只有几天的时间适合受孕。
• There was a critical response from Senator Charles Schumer, who has been pushing for legislation over China's exchange rate. Just a day after there was much hoopla about the Chinese finally changing their policy, they are already backing off, he said.
  美国参议员查尔斯舒默（CharlesSchumer）做出了批评的回应。舒默一直在推动就人民币汇率立法，他表示：有关中国最终改变政策的大量报道仅仅出现一天后，它们就已经退却。
• One can draw many lessons from the drama on the gridiron and all the hoopla surrounding it.
  一个可以借鉴的教训，许多戏剧的橄榄球和所有周围的喧闹。
• Quite frankly, I don't see what all the hoopla's about.
  说真的，我看不出这么折腾是为神马。
• Despite all the hoopla that foreign analysts have heaped on China's growth, the economy remains driven by manual labor, low-cost and low-margin manufacturing.
  尽管所有的国外分析都挖苦中国的增长，不过中国的经济却靠着劳工，低成本低利润的制造业得以增长。
• What did you think the hoopla was about?
  你以为大肆宣扬是为了什么？
• While scorning the hoopla of traditional brands, the upstarts are racing to build brands of their own.
  虽然看不起传统商标太过吵闹，新贵们正迅速地建立属于自己的牌子。
• In spite of all the media hoopla, the public has shown little interest in the space program this year.
  尽管媒体大肆鼓吹，但公众今年对于太空计划并不感兴趣。
• But by far the biggest bug was the hoopla around the Y2K problem.
  但是谁能想到，当年最大的问题来自于“千年虫”。
• The wrong doings sometimes blamed on business, of cluttering Christmas with goodies and hoopla are not invented by business.
  有时人们把过失归咎于商业，而实际上商业体系并不是圣诞节的美好与圈套的始作俑者。