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单词 poster girl
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Definition of poster girl in English:

poster girl

noun
North American
  • A woman who epitomizes or represents a specified quality, cause, etc.

    an unlikely poster girl for freedom of speech
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She is the poster girl for sassiness, sensuality, casual good looks, and studied style.
    • She's such an ambitious, annoying poster girl for the worst aspects of meritocracy that you kind of want better for her partner.
    • When asked, I admitted that I'd gained weight, adding that I had never presented myself as the poster girl of thin.
    • She could be the poster girl for the new generation of Ontario filmmakers.
    • She is perhaps not the ideal poster girl for the younger generation, but one, like me, who stands in defence of rubbish food.
    • She has become a poster girl for quality artists left behind by major labels.
    • Pip is a poster girl for mother figures with attitude.
    • She herself as "a onetime quiet suburban housewife who's turned into the local poster girl for gay and lesbian rights".
    • If a PR company had taken on the task of rebranding Rotary for the 21st century, Penny would be their ideal poster girl.
    • In a world with so few bisexual celebrities actually willing to come out and almost no bisexual film or television characters, her willingness to embrace bisexuality on and off-screen has made her the de facto poster girl for bisexual women.
    • She found being the poster girl for fat acceptance a lonely business.
    • In public, Foreman is a poster girl for the power of positive thinking.

Origin

Late 19th century: from the use in print advertisements of good-looking young women and appealing children.

Definition of poster girl in US English:

poster girl

noun
North American
  • A woman who epitomizes or represents a specified quality, cause, etc.

    an unlikely poster girl for freedom of speech
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She's such an ambitious, annoying poster girl for the worst aspects of meritocracy that you kind of want better for her partner.
    • She has become a poster girl for quality artists left behind by major labels.
    • Pip is a poster girl for mother figures with attitude.
    • She could be the poster girl for the new generation of Ontario filmmakers.
    • If a PR company had taken on the task of rebranding Rotary for the 21st century, Penny would be their ideal poster girl.
    • In public, Foreman is a poster girl for the power of positive thinking.
    • In a world with so few bisexual celebrities actually willing to come out and almost no bisexual film or television characters, her willingness to embrace bisexuality on and off-screen has made her the de facto poster girl for bisexual women.
    • She is the poster girl for sassiness, sensuality, casual good looks, and studied style.
    • When asked, I admitted that I'd gained weight, adding that I had never presented myself as the poster girl of thin.
    • She is perhaps not the ideal poster girl for the younger generation, but one, like me, who stands in defence of rubbish food.
    • She found being the poster girl for fat acceptance a lonely business.
    • She herself as "a onetime quiet suburban housewife who's turned into the local poster girl for gay and lesbian rights".

Origin

Late 19th century: from the use in print advertisements of good-looking young women and appealing children.

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