核心畫面

Picture a spotlight swinging onto something so that a lot of people are suddenly looking at it. The word covers both sides of that light: the attention itself, and the work of aiming the light in the first place.

可以想成:一盞聚光燈突然打到某樣東西上,一大群人的目光跟著過去。這個字同時裝著那道光的兩端:一端是「被看見」這件事本更多收起可以想成:一盞聚光燈突然打到某樣東西上,一大群人的目光跟著過去。這個字同時裝著那道光的兩端:一端是「被看見」這件事本身,另一端是「有人負責把燈打過去」的那份工作。

From the picture

讓大家知道的工作

鏡頭轉到打燈的人身上:有人刻意去讓新產品、演出或某位名人被看見,那份工作也叫這個字。

promotional work · noun · B2

the work of making sure people know about a new product, show, film, or what a famous person is doing.

宣傳

Also in this word

media attention · noun · B2

Public attention that comes when newspapers, television, or other media report on someone or something.

關注;曝光

原始詞典資料4 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。

publicitynoun/pʌbˈlɪsɪti/

  • 1

    Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.

    • A gay man accused of disorderly conduct for posting publicity for a Boston gay event was found not guilty in Cambridge District Court on July 22.
  • 2

    Public interest attracted in this way.

    • Any publicity, runs the axiom, is good publicity.
  • 3

    The condition of being the object of public attention.

  • 4

    The quality of being public, not private.

    • Amelia's gentle eyes, too, had been fixed anxiously on the pair, whose conduct had so chafed the jealous General; but when Rebecca entered her box, she flew to her friend with an affectionate rapture which showed itself, in spite of the publicity of the place; for she embraced her dearest friend in the presence of the whole house, at least in full view of the General's glass, now brought to bear upon the Osborne party.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。