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。 News reporting & the press ambulance chaser breaking news bury the ledeidiom citizen journalism correspondent dispatch hit the headlinesidiom hot off the pressidiom investigative journalism investigative journalist journalism journalist paparazzo photojournalism photojournalist press baron scoop spoiler the Associated Press the Press Association Examples of silly seasonsilly season None of us gets too excited about such stories—the sillyseason seems to have started early. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The unfortunate thing about the last few months is that the sillyseason has lasted so long. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps, we may create a new sillyseason. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For the moment, at any rate, the sillyseason is over. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that in the "sillyseason" we read letters in the newspapers about discourteous shop assistants and that kind of thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everything that has been associated with that incident, including that question, persuades me that the sillyseason is starting somewhat earlier than usual. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I recall that suggestion being made some years ago, but by the end of the sillyseason it seemed to have disappeared out of sight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the sillyseason. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, elsewhere, the museum acknowledges that this was not a serious entry, and was inspired by the sillyseason. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In many languages, the name for the sillyseason references cucumbers (more precisely: gherkins or pickled cucumbers). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. That sillyseason when everybody loves everybody else! 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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