pub‧lic‧i‧ty S3 W3 / pʌblɪsəti, pʌblɪsɪti / 名词 [不可数名词]

1 the attention that someone or something gets from newspapers, television etc :

Standards in education have received much publicity over the last few years.

bad/good/unwelcome etc publicity

It’s important to gain good publicity for the school.

The adverse publicity had damaged sales.

2 the business of making sure that people know about a new product, film etc or what a particular famous person is doing :

Who’s going to do the show’s publicity?

The Government has launched a publicity campaign .

Is their much-reported romance just a publicity stunt (= something that is only done to get publicity ) ?

COLLOCATIONS

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bad publicity ( also adverse/negative publicity formal ) Fatty foods have received much bad publicity in recent years. | They don’t want any more adverse publicity.

good publicity Top exam results are good publicity for schools.

free publicity Giving away samples is one way of getting free publicity for your products.

widespread/wide publicity The scandal had received widespread publicity.

national publicity Candidates aim to get national publicity during election campaigns.

considerable/massive/extensive publicity The opening of the trial generated considerable publicity.

maximum publicity Throughout the strike, the workers achieved maximum publicity for their demands.

unwelcome publicity Their relationship had attracted unwelcome publicity.

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get publicity ( also receive publicity ) Climate change is getting a lot of publicity. | Such studies have received a lot of publicity.

attract publicity Two recommendations in the report have attracted publicity.

gain publicity Appearing on a chat show means you gain publicity.

generate publicity The publication of the book generated an enormous amount of publicity.

give publicity to something Much publicity was given to their allegations in the British press.

avoid publicity They wanted to settle the matter quietly in order to avoid bad publicity.

shun publicity He lives quietly in Acton with his wife and two sons and shuns publicity.

seek publicity He sought neither reward nor publicity for his work.

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the glare of publicity (= a lot of publicity, which can make you feel uncomfortable ) He carried on his life in the full glare of publicity.

a blaze of publicity (= a lot of publicity ) His marriage broke up in a blaze of publicity.