publicity
noun [ U ] uk/pʌbˈlɪs.ə.ti/ us/pʌbˈlɪs.ə.t̬i/
B2 宣传活动;宣传，推广;关注
the activity of making certain that someone or something attracts a lot of interest or attention from many people, or the attention received as a result of this activity
He attracted a lot of adverse/bad publicity with his speech about unmarried mothers. 他就未婚妈妈所作的演讲招致了公众的不少抨击。
Her first novel was published last year in a blaze of (= with a lot of) publicity. 她的第一部小说去年在大张旗鼓的宣传下出版。
We have planned an exciting publicity campaign with our advertisers. 我们和广告人员一起策划了一场十分精彩的宣传活动。
The publicity generated by the court case has given a welcome boost to our sales. 由这个案子所产生的知名度给我们的销售带来了可喜的增长。
The normally publicity-shy director will be making several public appearances for the launch of the movie. 这位通常不愿抛头露面的导演为了这部影片的发行将公开亮相几次。
The enormous publicity surrounding the case will make it very difficult to hold a fair trial. 人们对于这个案件的极大关注使该案很难有公正的审判。
The pop group's arrival by hot-air balloon was just a publicity stunt (= an unusual way of attracting the public's attention). 这个流行演唱组合乘热气球到来只是吸引眼球的噱头而已。
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- Their marketing strategy for the product involves obtaining as much free publicity as possible.
- The whole episode was a blatant attempt to gain publicity.
- They received a lot of adverse publicity about the changes.
- Lucia is going to do the publicity for the school play.
- a publicity gimmick
Idiom
any publicity is good publicityidiom saying (also there's no such thing as bad publicity) 任何宣传都是好宣传。
said to emphasize that it is better that something receives bad publicity than no publicity at all