advertisements and discussion in the media telling the public about a product and about how good or important it is (电视、广播等中言过其实的)促销广告,促销讨论 marketing/media hype 夸张的促销/媒体广告 Don't believe all the hype—the book isn't that good. 别相信那些天花乱坠的宣传,那本书没那么好。
Extra ExamplesThe movie failed to live up to all the hype. 这部电影被吹上了天,其实盛名难副。 This new game is getting plenty of hype. 新游戏正被大肆炒作。 the hype surrounding her latest book 围绕她的新书所作的大肆宣传
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- media
- marketing
- pre-fight
- …
- live up to
- get
- believe
- …
- surround something
- hype about
Word Origin1920s (originally US in the sense ‘short-change, cheat’, or ‘person who cheats etc.’): of unknown origin.