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hoopla

/hoop-lah/US // ˈhup lɑ //UK // (ˈhuːplɑː) //

喧闹声,喧哗声,哗众取宠,喧嚣

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
    • : sensational publicity; ballyhoo.
    • : speech or writing intended to mislead or to obscure an issue.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounexcitement

Examples

  • For the most part, however, the North Fork has managed to avoid the hoopla and remain the sedate, bucolic destination it has been for the last 50 years.

  • All the hoopla is because, well, officials here spent a lot of money on deals to secure more supplies and build water infrastructure.

  • “For all the hoopla about how invested we are in our vulnerable population, it’s a waste of time,” Elliott said.

  • The Emmy Award-winning Gupta “feels good” to bring a measure of objectivity to a story with such hoopla attached to it.

  • But the hoopla over it reflects some strange and antiquated thinking.

  • But this spring in Paris, the Mapplethorpe hoopla is taking an interesting turn.

  • That is the kind of human bridge-building these foreign trips with all the hoopla can produce.

  • None of the hoopla seemed to have fazed the Iranian president, who loves to bask in controversy during his U.S. visits.