| 词汇 | popularity |
| 释义 | popularityWord family noun popularity ≠ unpopularity popularization popularizerpopulationpopulismpopulistpopulousnessadjective popular ≠ unpopular populousverb popularize populateadverb popularly populously pop·u·lar·i·ty /ˌpɒpjəˈlærəti $ ˌpɑː-/ ●●○ noun [uncountableU] POPULARwhen something or someone is liked or supported by a lot of people 流行，普及，受欢迎；声望 popularity of The popularity of the Internet has soared. 因特网的普及程度急剧上升。 The president’s popularity has declined considerably. 总统的支持率大大下降了。 gain/grow/increase in popularity (=start to be liked by many people) 开始流行 Country music is growing in popularity. 乡村音乐越来越流行了。 n COLLOCATIONS verbs enjoy popularity (=be popular) The band enjoyed great popularity in the 1980s. achieve popularity (=become popular) Her books achieved tremendous popularity on both sides of the Atlantic. gain/grow/increase in popularity Extreme sports are growing in popularity. court popularity (=try to be popular by pleasing people) It is tempting for politicians to court popularity. somebody's popularity soars (=increases by a large amount) Opinion polls showed that his popularity had soared to a record level. something's popularity declines adjectivesAs fashions changed, their popularity declined. great popularity His great popularity with British audiences dates from that period. enormous/tremendous/immense popularity the enormous popularity of Coca-Cola widespread/wide popularity (=with a lot of people, or in many places) Astrology enjoyed widespread popularity. growing/increasing/rising popularity This may be the key to explaining Celtic music's increasing popularity. continuing/enduring popularity Today, the novel enjoys enduring popularity and ranks among the USA's top-selling books. personal popularity While these changes were controversial, his personal popularity remained high. political popularity popularity + NOUNThe sagging economy has seriously damaged his political popularity. a popularity contest (=competition to find who the most popular person is) All election campaigns are popularity contests to some degree. a popularity poll (=survey to find how popular someone is) In most popularity polls, he is in fourth or fifth place. somebody's popularity rating (=how popular someone is according to a poll) His popularity rating dropped quite dramatically after the events of last year. Examples from the Corpus popularity• Rawlings's friends and foes alike say he survived only because of the enormous popularity with which he began his rule.• But prolonged recession and high unemployment knocked his popularity down to rock-bottom.• Attempts to denigrate his playing simply because of his popularity are misplaced but regrettably widespread.• Another, newer type of yeast is gaining in popularity.• Cohabitation between marriages has also grown in popularity.• Lee's popularity started to fade somewhat.• Margaret profited too from her sister's popularity and the relaxation in rules.• A high number of singular military displays more than took up the slack, riding a post- Desert Storm popularity wave.• The popularity of cellular phones has grown in the last five years.• Nicholas Ferrar's wide popularity is quite recent. gain/grow/increase in popularity• Frozen food has greatly increased in popularity ever since Clarence Birdseye popularized frozen peas during the 1920s.• The center has grown in popularity.• The Youth Club has increased in popularity this session and has a thriving expanding membership.• The quest for big game has grown in popularity.• Another, newer type of yeast is gaining in popularity.• Another mass-storage option gaining in popularity is the optical drive. |
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