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单词 casting couch
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Definition of casting couch in English:

casting couch

noun
informal
  • Used in reference to the supposed practice whereby actresses are awarded parts in films or plays in return for granting sexual favours to the casting director.

    〈非正式〉角色分配勾当(人们猜测的女演员用色相从角色分配导演处谋取角色的做法)

    she was no stranger to the casting couch

    她对角色选派勾当并不陌生。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For every quip that rates as political satire there are a dozen - such as his remarks suggesting that the starlet took the casting couch route to pop success - which seem intended purely to outrage and offend.
    • He's chatted up by ladies who think he could be an ‘in’ to the industry, and yet claims, so far, to have resisted the lure of being the one in charge of the casting couch.
    • Poor Marilyn Monroe had to suffer the torments of the casting couch, and anyone who tells you that's a thing of the past is either a fool or a liar.
    • Pretty easy to see why this guy has to resort to the casting couch to have any chance of getting a woman.
    • The casting couch was a common feature in every two-bit producer's office.
    • Has he ever personally been tempted to lure some sultry ‘marginal person’ onto the casting couch before getting them work?
    • Does this incident show the existence of the casting couch in the industry?
    • That's bogus, the casting couch is a myth created by the media.
    • Have you ever auditioned for someone and they pulled out the casting couch?
    • His parents were both actors, though some suggest his real father was the owner of the nearby Teatro di San Samuele, which would make Casanova, appropriately, the result of the casting couch.
    • But look at that blonde over there, doesn't she look like she knows her way around the casting couch of a porno studio, eh?
    • And, knowing Susan, the gossip would have it that she had got the part on the casting couch.
    • Success as a model led Chambers to Hollywood, but Marilyn soon became disgusted with the casting couch mentality young starlets are often subject too.
    • The formula is as old as the casting couch, but it's what you do with it that matters.
    • The casting couch has long been relegated to the mists of movie legend, she declares.
    • That casting couch legend didn't just procreate itself, after all.

Definition of casting couch in US English:

casting couch

nounˈkastiNG kouCHˈkæstɪŋ kaʊtʃ
informal
  • Used in reference to the supposed practice whereby actors or actresses are awarded parts in films, plays, or other productions in return for granting sexual favors to the casting director.

    〈非正式〉角色分配勾当(人们猜测的女演员用色相从角色分配导演处谋取角色的做法)

    she was no stranger to the casting couch

    她对角色选派勾当并不陌生。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pretty easy to see why this guy has to resort to the casting couch to have any chance of getting a woman.
    • Does this incident show the existence of the casting couch in the industry?
    • The formula is as old as the casting couch, but it's what you do with it that matters.
    • He's chatted up by ladies who think he could be an ‘in’ to the industry, and yet claims, so far, to have resisted the lure of being the one in charge of the casting couch.
    • Success as a model led Chambers to Hollywood, but Marilyn soon became disgusted with the casting couch mentality young starlets are often subject too.
    • For every quip that rates as political satire there are a dozen - such as his remarks suggesting that the starlet took the casting couch route to pop success - which seem intended purely to outrage and offend.
    • And, knowing Susan, the gossip would have it that she had got the part on the casting couch.
    • But look at that blonde over there, doesn't she look like she knows her way around the casting couch of a porno studio, eh?
    • That casting couch legend didn't just procreate itself, after all.
    • Have you ever auditioned for someone and they pulled out the casting couch?
    • The casting couch was a common feature in every two-bit producer's office.
    • That's bogus, the casting couch is a myth created by the media.
    • The casting couch has long been relegated to the mists of movie legend, she declares.
    • Has he ever personally been tempted to lure some sultry ‘marginal person’ onto the casting couch before getting them work?
    • Poor Marilyn Monroe had to suffer the torments of the casting couch, and anyone who tells you that's a thing of the past is either a fool or a liar.
    • His parents were both actors, though some suggest his real father was the owner of the nearby Teatro di San Samuele, which would make Casanova, appropriately, the result of the casting couch.
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