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puffery

/puhf-uh-ree/US // ˈpʌf ə ri //UK // (ˈpʌfərɪ) //

泡芙,蓬头垢面,蓬头垢面的,泡沫

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural puff·er·ies.

    • : undue or exaggerated praise.
    • : publicity, acclaim, etc., that is full of undue or exaggerated praise.

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Examples

  • That’s not political puffery, it’s her work ethic and drive.

  • Regular readers may recall that we concluded in that race that he had engaged in a bit of résumé puffery, suggesting he had had a top-secret security clearance for longer than five months.

  • He has an aversion to overblown rhetoric and theatrical puffery.

  • That is a large and fuzzy statement, maybe even approaching puffery.

  • And yet they say these latter days of ours are distinguished above all else by shameless puffery!

  • And yet Spain, in no idle spirit of self-puffery, can boast of this achievement.

  • How I hate the glib rattle of his tongue, the mouldiness of his jests and the transparency of his puffery!

  • Among my experiences of that nauseous ingredient in theatrical life, puffery, some have been amusing enough.

  • It is, as will be seen, in the nature of a crusade against puffery and hysteria.