news

news S1 W1 / njuz $ nuz / 名词 [不可数名词]

1 information about something that has happened recently :

I hope to have some good news for you soon.

news that

We are delighted at the news that our daughter is expecting a baby.

news on

What’s the latest news on your university application?

news of/about

Everyone is shocked by the news of the arrests.

Grammar

News is an uncountable 名词 . Use singular forms with it, not 复数形式 ones :

The news was good (NOT were good).

I was surprised by this news (NOT these news).

2 reports of recent events in the newspapers or on the radio or television :

a late evening news broadcast

We’ve got the news headlines coming up at half past twelve.

a news and current affairs programme

Here’s the sports news from Jane Murray.

the latest news from the Olympic stadium

news about/on/of

news on the latest developments in the talks

news that

Several evening papers carried the news that a cabinet minister was about to resign.

local/regional/national/international news

Twenty years ago environmental issues rarely made the news (= were rarely considered important enough to be in the news ) .

be in the news

Hong Kong is in the news this morning.

His resignation was front page news (= was important news ) .

news story/report/item

Never before has a news story triggered such sensational sales of the newspaper.

3 the news a regular television or radio programme that gives you reports of recent events :

the ten o’clock news

Let’s watch the news .

Be quiet. I want to listen to the news .

on the news

It must be true – I heard it on the news last night.

switch/turn/put on the news (= turn the television or radio on for the news )

4 be good/bad news for somebody if the facts about something are good or bad news for someone, they are likely to make life better or worse for them :

There is no legal market for African ivory, which is good news for the elephants.

5 he’s/she’s bad news informal used to say that someone is likely to cause trouble :

Stay away from that guy, he’s bad news.

6 be news if someone or something is news, people are interested in them at the moment and want to know about them :

European fashions are big news right now in the States.

7 that’s news to me! spoken used when you are surprised or annoyed because you have not been told something earlier :

‘The meeting’s been cancelled.’ ‘That’s news to me!’

8 I’ve got news for you spoken used to say that you are going to tell someone the facts about something, which they will probably not like to hear :

You may think I’m finished, but I’ve got news for you – I’ll be back.

9 no news is good news spoken used when you have not received any news about someone and you hope this means that nothing bad has happened

COLLOCATIONS

形容词

good news He’s feeling much better, so that’s good news.

great/wonderful news They’re getting married? That’s wonderful news!

welcome news (= good news that makes you happy ) The lower interest rates will be welcome news to home owners.

bad news ‘I’m afraid I have bad news,’ said Jackson. | Have you heard the terrible news about Simon?

terrible news (= very bad )

the latest news Mom sent a letter with all the latest news.

old news (= news that you have already heard ) She wasn’t surprised; it was old news to her.

important news I’ve got some important news to tell you.

the big news informal (= an important piece of news ) The big news is that Polly and Richard are going to get married.

动词

have some news (for somebody) I could tell by his face that he had some news.

tell somebody the news Jack called him to tell him the good news.

break the news (to somebody) (= tell someone some bad news ) Two policemen came to the door to break the news about her husband.

spread the news (= tell a lot of people the news ) After she had the baby, her husband made phone calls to spread the happy news.

hear the news (= hear about something that has happened ) She was really upset when she heard the news.

welcome the news formal (= say that you are pleased about some news ) Environmental groups welcomed the news that the area would be protected.

greet the news with surprise/delight etc formal (= react to the news in a particular way ) Fans greeted the news of the victory with a loud cheer.

news spreads (= a lot of people find out the news from other people ) News spreads fast in a small town.

短语

a piece of news ( also a bit of news British English ) Leo thought about this piece of news carefully.

the good news is …/the bad news is … (= used to introduce a piece of good and bad news ) The good news is that most stores have the game in stock; the bad news is that it’s not cheap.