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词汇 silly-season
释义 silly season
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈsɪl.i ˌsiː.zən/ us /ˈsɪl.i ˌsiː.zən/
mainly UK
the time of year, usually in the summer, when newspapers are full of stories that are not important because there is no important, especially political, news(新闻界的)无聊季节(通常在夏季,因为没有政治等方面的重大新闻,报纸上充斥着无聊报道)
US
a period of time when people do or say things that are not sensible or serious: (人们会做或说不严肃事情的)无聊时节
It's the political silly season, and this policy is a very silly idea which seems more about public relations than solutions.现在是政治无聊时节,这一政策很无聊,与其说是寻求解决方案,不如说是为了取得公关效应。
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Examples of silly season


silly season
None of us gets too excited about such stories—the sillyseason seems to have started early.
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The unfortunate thing about the last few months is that the sillyseason has lasted so long.
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Perhaps, we may create a new sillyseason.
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For the moment, at any rate, the sillyseason is over.
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I know that in the "sillyseason" we read letters in the newspapers about discourteous shop assistants and that kind of thing.
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Everything that has been associated with that incident, including that question, persuades me that the sillyseason is starting somewhat earlier than usual.
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I recall that suggestion being made some years ago, but by the end of the sillyseason it seemed to have disappeared out of sight.
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Some short while ago, in the "sillyseason", some newspapers started a popular opinion poll to discover what people thought was the most important thing in life.
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This is the sillyseason.
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However, elsewhere, the museum acknowledges that this was not a serious entry, and was inspired by the sillyseason.
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In many languages, the name for the sillyseason references cucumbers (more precisely: gherkins or pickled cucumbers).
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That sillyseason when everybody loves everybody else!
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