学个词Learn a Word 第1606-publicity

　　今天我们要学的词是 publicity¹. Publicity 有宣传的意思。The lead singers' feud² turned out to be just a publicity stunt³ for the band's new album. 乐队主唱之间的矛盾，其实只是乐队为了新唱片问世，而采取的一种宣传手段。有人说，Any publicity is good publicity. 任何宣传都是好的宣传。言外之意，即使是负面宣传，也会增加产品的知名度。另外一种类似说法是，There is no such thing as bad publicity. 黑莓手机上周服务中断。The service outage created a wave of negative publicity for Blackberry. 这次服务中断事件给黑莓公司带来了一轮负面宣传。好的，今天我们学习的词是 publicity, publicity, publicity....

1 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

2 feud   

n.长期不和；世仇；v.长期争斗；世代结仇

参考例句：

• How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的？
• The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。

3 stunt   

n.惊人表演，绝技，特技；vt.阻碍...发育，妨碍...生长

参考例句：

• Lack of the right food may stunt growth.缺乏适当的食物会阻碍发育。
• Right up there is where the big stunt is taking place.那边将会有惊人的表演。