PR
noun
uk/ˌpiːˈɑːr/us/ˌpiːˈɑːr/PRnoun(ADVERTISING)
[U]
abbreviationforpublic relations:
公关（public relations的缩写）The company's putting out a lot of PR about the newproductline.公司就新产品线展开了大量的公关。
They'vedecidedtohirea PRfirmtoimprovetheirpublicimage.他们决定雇用一家公关公司来改善他们的公众形象。
a PRexercise/campaign公关活动／运动
[C]
someone whodealswith thepublicrelationsof afamousorimportantperson:
Hesuggestedwe get intouchwith his PR.
We'resittingat either end of abigsofain her PR'soffice.
Advertising and marketing
- ad
- ad agency
- adman
- advert
- advertise
- cross-selling
- customer relationship management
- detoxify
- dogfooding
- flyer
- non-brand
- o.n.o.
- obo
- off-brand
- on-brand
- superhype
- teaser
- telemarketing
- tie(something)in
- tout
PRnoun(VOTING)
[U]
abbreviationforproportional representation:
比例代表制（proportional representation的缩写）Do youthinkasystemof PR makeselectionsfairer?你认为比例代表制会使选举更公正吗？
Elections
- absentee
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absentee voter
- absentee voting
- entrance poll
- exit poll
- first-past-the-post
- flip
- franchise
- proportional representation
- proxy
- proxy vote
- proxy voter
- proxy voting
- voting
- voting booth
- voting machine
- voting slip
- whistle-stop
PRnoun(SPORTS)
[C]sportsinformalspecialized
abbreviationforpersonalrecord: thefastesttime,highestscore,bestresult, etc. that aparticularpersonhaseverachievedin asportingevent:
Heranhis PR (47.38seconds) lastmonthin Zurich.
Several of thecompetitorsachieveda PR.
Synonym
PB
- He came third in thefinal, afterrunninga PR 19.93 in thepreliminaryheats.
- Running a PR andwinningat myagefeelsfantastic.
- Themarathonwastoughand Ifinished40minutesoff my PR.
Good, better and best
- all is wellidiom
- at the best of timesidiom
- be the last word insomethingidiom
- better
- better stillphrase
- burnished
- good
- high-quality
- hook
- knocksomethinginto a cocked hatidiom
- leavesomeone/somethingin the dustidiom
- milesidiom
- next-best
- second
- sound
- topper
- unsurpassed
- upyourgameidiom
- uplift
- well