N-UNCOUNT You can use ballyhoo to refer to great excitement or anger about something, especially when you disapprove of it because you think it is unnecessary or exaggerated. 一片喧嚣 [also 'a' N] [表不满]
They announced, amid much ballyhoo, that they had made a breakthrough.
他们在一片喧嚣中宣布,他们取得突破性的进展。
V-T If you say that something is ballyhooed, you mean that there is a lot of excitement about it and people are claiming that it is very good. You use this word especially when you think the thing is not as exciting or good as people say. 大肆宣扬; 大肆吹嘘 [usu passive] [表不满]
The power of red wine to counteract high cholesterol has been ballyhooed in the press.
红酒中和高胆固醇的功效在媒体上被夸大了。
...the much-ballyhooed new Star Wars film.
...该部受到大肆宣传的新《星球大战》电影。
The power of red wine to counteract high cholesterol has been ballyhooed in the press.
红酒中和高胆固醇的功效在媒体上被夸大了。
The ads ballyhooed the book's virtues.
广告大肆宣扬那本书的优点。
T. Boone Pickens backed off of his much ballyhooed mega-wind project in Texas this week, citing the declining cost of natural gas.
鉴于目前天然气价格的下降,T . Boone Pickens在本周撤销了在得克萨斯州(Texas)建立巨型风电场的项目,这个项目还曾经被大肆宣传过。
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