| 词汇 | example_english_rumour |
| 释义 | Examples of rumourThese 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. I plan to address the political uses of gossip and rumour in the eighteenth century at greater length elsewhere. We have seen how rumours about the general strike persisted right from the middle of 1920 to 1921. Rather, the rumours of bloodsuckers indicate a flexible ' truth ' that is negotiated through talking, since hearsay is a kind of truth when people believe it. Within these contexts, the culture wars should strongly influence mass political behaviour; outside of them, such an effect should be largely a rumour. These rumours circulating in trusted family circles carry a weight that official declarations lack, wherever they come from. First, there was the ' hard news ' of the war : troop movements, casualties, rumours of a peace settlement. But already from that singular point of view relations, rumours and pretences are quite complex. Everyone in the world is spreading rumours to get him evicted. What did happen was the circulation of rumours regarding a possible second uprising echoing 1857. Although rumours are certainly told and retold, it appears that they disseminate by themselves, like contagious diseases. The regime was jumpy about the circulation of rumours and political prophecies. The rumours made the work of the intelligence department very difficult. Towards the end of his life rumours emerged about his exploits during his stay. But rumours of a burgeoning military relationship provoked the real paranoia. Fuelled by rumours circulating about the poor treatment of ' traitors ', some returnees also feared reprisal. They are seen as a way to disseminate rumours without contributing to a serious political debate. The result was interminable delays, a lack of public information, and hence the rumours and ethnic tensions continued to swell. The meetings also accelerated the circulation of various rumours, two of which were especially bothersome. The presence of these rumours infused more fear and hysteria into the population which resulted in even greater chaos and confusion. This tends to contradict the often spread rumour that architects habitually fall out with their clients and are seldom invited to work for them again. 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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