| 单词 | poster child |
| 释义 | poster child noun[C] uk/ˈpəʊ.stə ˌtʃaɪld/us/ˈpoʊ.stɚ ˌtʃaɪld/(alsoposter boy,poster girl)someone or something that is used torepresentaparticularquality: 代表人物形象；典型事物He is aposterboyforpoliticalreform.他的形象代表了政治上的改革。 People having good qualities
poster child| Business Englishposter child noun[C] ukuspluralposter childrenapersonor thing that isseenas atypicalexampleof something: a poster child for sthHe is theposterchildforexcessivechiefexecutivecompensation. a poster child of sthThecompanyhas been theposterchildofdenialamong thoseconvincedofglobalwarming. achildwith aparticularillnessordisabilitywhosepictureis onposterstoraisemoneytohelpchildrenwho have the sameillnessordisability: As aMarchof Dimesposterchild, she was abright,carefreechildwhorefusedtoletherdisabilityget in the way ofplayinglike the otherkids. Examplesofposter childposter child Why verb agreement is not theposterchildfor any general formal principle. From theCambridge English Corpus It's certainly not a great game, except perhaps as aposterchildfor the kitchen-sink development mentality of a console generation in its twilight months. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They have been theposterchildteam as regards women's rowing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In this way, the media acquired aposterchildupon which to lavish its attention, enabling album sales to approach 200,000 units. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the time of its release in 2005, the game was considered theposterchildfor failures in innovative games. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Colotl has become aposterchildin the controversy over the 287(g) law which allows police to turn illegal immigrants over to immigration. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Zora uses him as aposterchildfor her campaign to allow talented non-students in university classes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The definition ofposterchildhas since been expanded to a person of any age whose attributes or behaviour are emblematic of a known cause, movement, circumstance or ideal. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He's practically theposterchild. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thomas was theposterchildfor this article. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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