frfe^lni
AXB&PAjfflsff „ 0 publicity material MJfeM 3^4 0 a publicity campaign s'Rfj©^ 0 The
band dressed up as the Beatles as a publicity stunt.
pub li cize (BrE also -ise) /'pAblisaiz/ verb
[VN] to make sth known to the public; to advertise sth afl; II ft;
#]#: They
flew to
much/highly/widely publicized speech (= that has received a
lot of attention on television, in newspapers, etc.) — j^fyAA/^A/.ftSjfr3I^i#i£
o He was in
.public
'lending right noun in the UK, a right that authors have to
receive payment when their books are borrowed from public libraries
A&fir&MX. ( ft
.public
.limited company noun [BrE) [abbr. pic)
= PUBLIC COMPANY
.public
'nuisance noun 1 [sing., U] [law ^) an illegal act that causes harm to
people in general Air; Mir A A (ft ft A : He was charged with
committing (a) public nuisance. 11 H W # AA M & 0 2 [C, usually sing.]
[informal) a person or thing that
annoys a lot of people
AftWtM; A*; lift
.public
o'pinion noun [U] the opinions that
people in society have about an issue Hife; RM: The media has a powerful influence
on public opinion. XflifeW
fftAlftS^lRlo
.public
'property noun [u] 1 (especially law #) land, buildings, etc.
that are owned by the government and can be used by everyone A ^ M ft ; Aft; A #1 2 a person or thing that everyone has
a right to know aboutA&AtJ; AAWttTtf WA-JC S&Wt ) : Sophie became public
property when she married into the royal family, mm®AX^Jg, MAA&Ath
.public
'prosecutor noun [BrE) a lawyer who works for
the government and tries to prove people guilty in court Aft A; — 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 A AX ft ( ) :
She works in public relations. ®
oa public relations exercise — JJlAAiS ifo 2
[pi.] the state of the relationship between an organization and the public
AftA^i: Sponsoring
the local team is good for public relations. A
AA&o
.public 'school noun [C, U]
1 (in
) : He
was educated at (a) public school ffe ft # ^ ® A ^ c
—
compare preparatory
school(I), private school
2
'public school (in the
(ft ) Alt## — compare
the .public ‘sector noun [sing.] [economics |£) the part of the
economy of a country that is owned or controlled by the government A ff 1$ |v] ; A ft H
—
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 A ft ♦ ik; A ♦
ik: to improve
public services in the area i&jffiftl&ElftAffi^ik
o a public
service broadcast A
^ ft1# 2 [C, U] something that is done to help people rather than to
make a profit Alnt^ik ( WL Wl9t )
: to perform a
public service — *0 AMIK#
3
[U] the government and government
departments Iff;
iStjffffftf 1: to work in public service ft il&jfffllftXft 0 public service workers A^-AM
.public
service broadcasting noun [u] radio
and television programmes broadcast by organizations such as the BBC in
I 1601
government but are financed by
public money Aft if
%rw (ft^aftisA.^SAimi»f Mlftf S )
.public-
spirited adj. willing to do things
that will help other people in society ft A ft ft # (ft
; :!& A A ft $J; JftA^Sslft: a public-spirited act 0
That
was very public-spirited of you. H4& A
AftW!
►
.public
'spirit noun [U]
.public
'television noun fu] (NAmE) a television service
that shows mainly Educational
programmes and is paid for by the government, the public and some companies ( ftgtlff,
A&WAS#A
nmsb)
.public
'transport (BrE)
[NAmE .public
transportation) noun [U] the system of
buses, trains, etc. provided by the government or by companies, which people
use to travel from one place to another Aft j®; A ;$! $ : to travel on/by public transport ^ A
35 ft 0 Most
of us use public transport to get to work.
mix0mAum/A^m±mo
.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
AfflM (At] )
.public
'works noun [pi.] building work,
such as that of hospitals, schools and roads, that is paid for by the
government AftXUi ( )
pub lish 0-w /'pAblij7 verb 1 [VN] to produce a
book, magazine, CD-ROM, etc. and sell it to the public £b U&; ft fr: The first edition was published in
2002. 2002 O
He works
for a company that publishes reference books. flkft — XJr4$ttili£At]X#o o Most of our
titles are also published on CD-ROM. mi ift
tr o 2 [VN] to print a
letter, an article, etc. in a newspaper or magazine ( ft jf ffj ) ft ft , ffJfr,
Pictures
of the suspect were published in all the daily papers. 3 [VN] to
make sth available to the
public on the Internet ( ftft A ) ftft,
A#: The report
will be published on the Internet. jf ftU£ft5$(;l>N]±
Afto 4 (of
an author ft #) to have your work printed and sold to the public ft ft ( ft PP ) ; $ ( ftift ) tflJK: [VN] She hasn’t published anything for
years. ® tfi J1 ft ft; ft ft ft ft n” T „ 0 [V]
University
teachers are under pressure to publish. !liftftf#Xftftft&
(ftJEEAjo 5 [VN] [formal) to make official
information known to the public Aft ; A ft Fm release : The findings of the committee
will be published on Friday. S
pub lish er /'pAbliJeKr)/ noun a person or company that prepares and
prints books, magazines, newspapers or electronic products and makes them
available to the public ft
pub lish ing /'pAblffir)/ noun [U] the profession or business of
preparing and printing books, magazines, CD-ROMs, etc. and selling or making
them available to the public ft
puce /pju:s/
adj. reddish-purple in
colour fe £ft : His
face was puce with rage, ftk
H t# Hi A M □ ►puce noun [U]
puck /pAk/
noun 1 a hard flat rubber
disc that is used as a ball in ice
hockey (
—
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
puck er /'pAka(r)/ verb ~ (sth) (up) to form or to make sth
form small folds or lines ifi&Z: R4X
[V]
His face puckered, and he was ready to cry. #, ift 4X ‘ ^, ft ^ ^ T o 0 [VN] She puckered her lips. M U % o puckered fabric
fffS^(ftiR#l puckish /'pAkiJV adj. [usually before noun] [literary) enjoying playing
tricks on other people M A
W;
MSf^JSUIft BOH
mischievous