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A gimmick is a trick or an unusual extra whose real job is to make people notice you, buy from you, or remember you — a flashing button, a silly , a “free” gift if you purchase something. The word is almost never a compliment. If you call something a gimmick, you are saying it is show without much substance: it grabs the eye, but it is not the honest heart of the thing. Salespeople, , and sometimes politicians get accused of gimmicks. Informal to neutral, a bit sharp. Countable: one gimmick, several gimmicks.
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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
gimmicknoun/ˈɡɪm.ɪk/
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A trick or device used to attain some end.
- The box had a gimmick to make the coin appear to vanish.
- Epperlein and Tucker focus on two featherweight hopefuls: Dustin Poirier, a formidable contender who’s looking to parlay a history of schoolyard violence and street-fighting into a potential career, and Albert Stainback, a more thoughtful yet more erratic and undisciplined fighter whose chief gimmick is entering the ring wearing a hat like the one Malcolm McDowell wore in A Clockwork Orange.
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A ploy or strategy used to attract attention or gain traction.
- The contest was a gimmick to get people to sign up for their mailing list.
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businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityA gimmick capacitor.
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A night out with one's friends.
gimmickverb/ˈɡɪm.ɪk/
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To rig or set up with a trick or device.
- The magician's box was gimmicked with a wire that made it appear to open on its own.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。