新电影尚未上映即大加宣传。opuWicify materiai宣传材 料◊ apuWiciiy campaign 宣传运动 o.rhe bcmd dressed up as the Beat〖es as apubHcf^yshmt..乐队扮作披头士乐

队作 > 宣传噱头。

pub-li-cize {BrE also -ise) /'pAblisaiz/ verb [VN] to make sth known’to the public; to advertise sth 宣传；推广.； 宣扬；传播：They flew to Europe to publicize the plight o/t/ie reMe«.他们飞往欧洲报道难民的惨状。◊ a much/highly/widely publicized speech (= that has received a lot of attention on television, in newspapers, etc.) —篇受到大力/高度/.广芦报道的舌◊ ife was m London publicizing his new biography of Kennedy, jtk 伦敦推销他新出版的肯尼迪传。

.public lending right noun in the UK, a right that authors have to receive payment when their books are borrowed from public libraries 公共借阅权（存英国，.作 ■者按公共图书馆出借书籍收取版税的权利）

.public .limited 'company noun {Br^) [abbr. pic)

=PUBLIC COMPANY

.public 'nuisance noun 1 [sing., u] {law W) an illegal act that causes harm to people in general:公害；妨害大 ，众的行为：份 was charged with committing (dj pubZfc nuisance•他被控妨害公众利益。2 [C，usually sing.] [informaf) a person or thing that annoys a lot of people 妨害i大众的或事物）；g害；蠢虫 .public o'pinion noun [U] the opinions that people in society have about an issue.舆论；民意：The media has apoweryi/nn_/!uence onpub〖ic opfnfon•传媒对于輿论有 很大的影响。

.public 'property noun [\J] 1 (especially law W) land, buildings, etc. that are owned lay the government and can .be used by everyone公共财产；公产；公物 2 a person or thing that everyone has a right to know about公众人物；公众有权了解的人(或事情>:Sophie became public property when she married into the royal /amip.索菲嫁入王室后，即成为公众人物。

.public 'prosecutor noun {Br£) a lawyer who works for the government and tries to prove people guilty in court 公诉人；检察官 一 see also district attorney .public re'lations noun 1 [U] {abbr. PR) the business of giving the public information about a particular organ­ization or person in order to create a good impression 公矣:工作（或活动 > :She vvorfcs in puWic reiariorw.她 从事公美土作。〇a public reZarions exercise —项公矣活 动 2 [pi.】 the state of the relationship between an organ­ization and the public . 公■共关系： Spoason'ng the ZocaZ team is good/or pubHc reZarions.赞助当地球队有利_么 共关.系。

.public 'school noun [C, U] 1 (in Britain, especially in England) a private school for young people between the ages of 13 and 18, whose parents pay for their education. The students often live at the school while they are studying.公学（英国，尤指英格兰，为13到 18岁青少年开办的私立付费学校。学生常寄宿）：He was educated at fa) puWic schooi•他出身英国公学。 —compare preparatory school(I), private school

2                  public school (in the US, Australia, Scotland and other countries) a free local school paid for by the government (美国、澳大利亚、苏格兰及其他国家免费 的 公立学校 一 compare state school(I)

the .public 'sector noun [sing.] (Economics ^；) the part of the economy of a country that is owned or controlled by the government 公:营‘部门公共部门 ——compare private sector

.public 'service noun 1 (C] a service such as transport or health care that a government or an official organ­ization provides for people in general in a particular society 公共事业；公营事业：to improvepubiic services in the area改进本地区的_公用事业b々puWic jerWce broadcast 公营广播 2 [C, U] something that is done to help people rather than to make a profit 公益事业（，或 服4 > : to perform a puWic service 从事一项公益服畚

3                  [U] the government and government departments 政 府;政府部门：to work in pubiic service在政府机关工# ◊ puWic service worfcers 公务人员

.public service broadcasting noun [U] radio and television programmes broadcast by organizations such as the BBC in Britain that are independent of

government but are financed by public money 公共月艮

务广播（由英国广播公.司等受公款资助的非政府独立机构 播放的节目）

.public-1 spirited adj. willing to do things that will help other people. in society有公益精神的；热心公益 的；助人为乐的：a puWic-spirited act助人为乐的行为◊ rhat was very.pub〖ic-spfrife3:o/you* 你那样做真是热心 公益啊！）,pu‘lic ’spirit /iow/7 [U]

.public 'television noun [u] {NAmE) a television service that shows mainly Educational programmes and is paid for by the government, the public and some companies大众文化教育电视（由政府、公众以及某些公 司赞助）

,public 'transport (BrE) [NAmE .public transpor­tation) noun [U] the system of buses, trains, etc. provided by the government or by companies, which people use to travel from one place to another 公共交 通；公交车辆 ^ to travei on/by public transport 乘公 $ 〇 Most of us use public transport to get to work. 我们_大多数A都乘公交车辆上班。

.public u'tility noun (formal) a private company that must obey government rules, that supplies essential services such as gas, water and electricity to the public 公用i事业（公司）

.public 'works noun [pi.] building work, such as that of hospitals, schools and roads, that is paid for by the government公共工程（或建设） publish 〇w /'pAbliJ/ verb 1 [VN] to produce a book, magazine, CD-ROM, etc. and seil it to the public 出版；■发行：The first edition was puWished in 2002 第一版于 2002 年发行。◊ He worfcs for a company that publishes reference books.

工具书出版公司工作。◊ Most 〇/ our tides are aiso ppbfohed on CD-ROM.我们的大部分书籍也制成光盘发 行。2 [VN] to print a letter, an article, etc. in a news­paper or magazine1' (在报刊） 发表，刊登，登载 ： Pictures of the suspect were published in all the daily p叩ers.嫌疑人的照片刊登在各家日报上了。3[VN] to make sth available to the public on the Internet (__在耳 联网上'/ 发表，公布：rAe report wiH be pubfcfted on the Jntemet.击告将告互，网上公布。4 (of an author作 考）to have your work printed and sold to the public 发 表（作品）；使（作品）出版：[VN] She hasn’tpubfched anything /or years.她好几年没有发表作品了。◊ {V] University teachers are under pressure to publish.

师有不彳屢不发表作品的压力。5 [VN] (/o/TTjfl/) to make official information known to the .public -公布；发布 RfiTl release ： The findings of the committee will be puWfied on Friday.委员会的调查结果将于星期五公布。 pub-lish-er /'pAblija(r)/ noun a person or company that prepares and prints books, magazines, newspapers or electronic products and makes them available to the public^出版_人（或机构 >;发行人（或机构）： pub-lish-ing /'pAbliXn]/ noun [U] the profession or business of preparing and printing books, magazines, CD-ROMs, etc. and selling or making them available to the public.出版（业 i ;发行 (业）：a publishing house {= company) — see

alSO DESKTOP PUBLISHING

puce /pju:s/ reddish-purple in colour 紫，红■色■的： ffis /ace was puce with rage•他气得脸色发杂。►puce noun [U]

puck /pAk/ noun 1 a hard flat rubber disc that is used as a ball in ice hockey (冰球运动使用的）冰球 —picture o hockey 2 (computing if) a pointing device that looks like a computer mouse and is used to control the movement of the cursor on a computer screen 定标器；光标萣位器；手持游标器 puck-er /丨pAka(r)/   〜（sth) (up) to form or to make

sth form small folds or lines 如起；使起褶子；撅起：[V] ffis /ace pucfcered, and he was ready to cry.他的'脸一 皱，像要哭了。◊ [VN] She puckered her i/ps•她搣起嘴 麁。◊ pucfcered/abric有褶皱的织物 puck.ish /'pAkiJ/ adj. [usually before noun] (literary) enjoying playing tricks on other people 顽皮的；淘气 的；爱恶 ft 剧的 H3Z1 MISCHIEVOUS