| 词汇 | 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 to represent a particular quality: 代表人物形象;典型事物 He is a poster boy for political reform.他的形象代表了政治上的改革。 People having good qualities advertisement altruist angel beatify brick bunch gem hidden depths jewel mensch not be as black as you are paintedidiom paragon poppet saint salt salt of the earthidiom softie sweetheart sweetie treasure poster child | Business Englishposter child noun[ C ] ukuspluralposter children a person or thing that is seen as a typical example of something: a poster child for sthHe is the poster child for excessive chief executive compensation. a poster child of sthThe company has been the poster child of denial among those convinced of global warming. a child with a particular illness or disability whose picture is on posters to raise money to help children who have the same illness or disability: As a March of Dimes poster child, she was a bright, carefree child who refused to let her disability get in the way of playing like the other kids. Examples of poster childposter child Why verb agreement is not the posterchild for any general formal principle. It's certainly not a great game, except perhaps as a posterchild for 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 the posterchild team 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 a posterchild upon 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 the posterchild for failures in innovative games. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Colotl has become a posterchild in 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 a posterchild for 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 of posterchild has 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 the posterchild. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Thomas was the posterchild for 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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