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

• 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。
• Charlene is really talking a lot of hoopla about dave.
  沙琳确实胡说八道地讲了一通戴夫的事。
• What did you think the hoopla was about?
  你以为大肆宣扬是为了什么？
• 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。
• Time capsules are sometimes created and buried with much hoopla during celebrations such as a World Fair, cornerstone laying for a building or other event.
  “时间胶囊”有时是在喧闹的庆典上做好并深埋的，比如世界大事，就将其作为大厦基石或其它东西。
• I didn't care much about all the hoopla around it.
  我完全不在意周围的一切喧嚣。
• The purpose of all the hoopla out there is to boost civilian morale.
  外面那样大吹大擂的目的无非是要鼓舞一下民心。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。