| 词组 | publicity |
| 释义 | publicity /pʌˈblɪsəti, pʌˈblɪsɪti/ noun the attention that someone or something gets from newspapers, television etcadjectivesbad/negative/adverse publicity Fatty foods have received much bad publicity in recent years. | The adverse publicity had damaged sales. | The company is anxious to avoid any negative publicity.good publicity The programme is a chance for him to get some good publicity for his new movie.free publicity Giving away samples is one way of getting free publicity for your products.widespread/wide/extensive publicity (=in many places) The scandal had received widespread publicity.massive/enormous publicity (=a lot of publicity) His death got enormous publicity in the national media.considerable publicity (=quite a lot) The opening of the trial generated considerable publicity.maximum publicity They hoped to gain maximum publicity by inviting TV cameras to film them.national/international publicity Candidates aim to get national publicity during election campaigns.unwelcome/unwanted publicity The athlete’s positive drugs test has attracted unwelcome publicity for the sport.verbsget/receive publicity The concert is getting a lot of publicity – you see advertisements everywhere.attract publicity Two recommendations in the report have attracted publicity.gain publicity Appearing on a chat show means you gain publicity.give publicity to sth Much publicity was given to their allegations in the British press.generate publicity The interview generated a huge amount of publicity for the film.avoid publicity They wanted to settle the matter quietly in order to avoid bad publicity.shun publicity (=deliberately try to avoid it) The singer lives quietly with his family, and shuns publicity.seek publicity He sought neither reward nor publicity for his work.the publicity surrounding sth The publicity surrounding the case has encouraged more people to contact the police.publicity + nounsa publicity campaign The advertisement is part of a publicity campaign to promote their new product.a publicity stunt (=something that is only done to get publicity) The singer denied that her marriage was just a publicity stunt.a publicity photo/shot The band posed for publicity photos.publicity material (=information, advertisements etc for the press and public) Publicity material relating to the programme is available in several languages.the publicity machine disapproving (=the people whose job is try to get good publicity for something or someone) The publicity machine is already at work trying to improve the royal family’s image.prepositionspublicity for sb/sth He wanted to get as much publicity for himself as he could.publicity about/over sth The company had had some bad publicity over a defective product.phrasesthe glare of publicity (=a lot of publicity, which can make you feel uncomfortable) He carried on his life in the full glare of publicity.a blaze of publicity (=a lot of publicity) His marriage broke up in a blaze of publicity. |
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