| 单词 | catchphrase |
| 释义 | catchphrase noun[C] uk/ˈkætʃ.freɪz/us/ˈkætʃ.freɪz/a phrase that is oftenrepeatedby andthereforebecomesconnectedwith aparticularorganizationorperson,especiallysomeonefamoussuch as atelevisionentertainer 流行语；（尤指电视演艺名人等的）名言Linguistics: sentences & expressions
catchphrase| Business Englishcatchphrase noun[C] uk/ˈkætʃfreɪz/usMARKETING a phrase that is oftenrepeatedandbecomesconnectedwith aparticularorganization,product,person, etc.: What we need now is a catchphrase for themarketingcampaign. His catchphrase, "Make myday", hasbecomepartof themodernconsciousness. See also slogan Examplesofcatchphrasecatchphrase From the government policy perspective thecatchphraseis ' safe, sound and supportive ' mental health services. From theCambridge English Corpus The term 'social market economy' is little more than acatchphrase. From theCambridge English Corpus As with catchphrases, they, as their name suggests, are very much part of the fashion of the day and tend to be ephemeral. From theCambridge English Corpus But the moral and political force of thecatchphraseis not. From theCambridge English Corpus These the fact that this need have no grammatical would include catchphrases, sayings and consequences, applies with equal force to what are now commonly called speech forverbs linked to prepositions. From theCambridge English Corpus The new book offers this take: 'a term recorded here might be slang, slangy jargon, a colloquialism, an acronym, an initialism, a vulgarism, or acatchphrase'. From theCambridge English Corpus These are some of the sloppy catchphrases which are used. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have banks that are 'too big to fail', as thecatchphrasegoes. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The new sentencing policy will, to use itscatchphrase, put "sense into the sentencing". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thecatchphrasewhich we have heard time and time again is introducing greater diversity and choice into the maintained sector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that thatcatchphraseis now obsolete and that in fact we ought to recast it as the "brain gain". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Without my amendments, clause 7 would ensure that computer hackers—thecatchphrasefor unwanted electronic breaking and entering—are not prosecutable under copyright law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Although "roofless factory" sounds a bit of acatchphrase, it may be nearer reality than we think. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The best you could hope for was humane containment, which became thecatchphraseof the day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to introduce the not very familiar economiccatchphraseof the "activity rate" because this is something which we must bear carefully in mind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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