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fanfare

/fan-fair/US // ˈfæn fɛər //UK // (ˈfænfɛə) //

大张旗鼓,大鸣大放,大肆宣传,大张旗鼓地宣传

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a flourish or short air played on trumpets or the like.
    • : an ostentatious display or flourish.
    • : publicity or advertising.

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Examples

  • On November 21, 1959, the Soviet exhibition opened to great fanfare.

  • Schumer and McConnell have yet to agree on the power-balance agreement that typically comes without fanfare at the start of every session.

  • Yet the news was conveyed with little fanfare or preparation for the network’s on-air staff.

  • A major land exchange that was announced to great fanfare in 1998 is instructive.

  • The news loomed over an otherwise productive week for the Wizards in which they drafted a promising young player in Deni Avdija and re-signed their prized free agent forward, Davis Bertans, with little fanfare.

  • While the world fixated on Ukraine and Syria, a near-genocide ripped through central Africa, to little international fanfare.

  • Yet few have done so with as much fanfare, star power, and consistency as the New York City Ballet.

  • Finally, my impostor account was gone, deleted by Twitter with no fanfare.

  • When On the Water was released on Oct. 11, 2011, it received positive reviews, but little fanfare.

  • But really, all this fanfare seems more like a howl for Washington's attention and a ploy for PR.

  • The fanfare sounds again, the buzz of conversation is stilled, the lights turned down, and darkness reigns in the auditorium.

  • At four oclock, to the minute, the fanfare sounds, and the crowd streams into the theatre.

  • There were a number of chickens on board and each rooster seemed obliged to salute the dawn with a fanfare of crowing.

  • The Herald now blows a fanfare and the officers march into the council ground with the colors and the color guard.

  • At the sound of a fanfare of trumpets I was to go into the theatre preceded by a line of pages, and accompanied by my husband.