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| /ˈpɒpjʊlə/ |
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| 1 | a popular activity , place , thing etc is one that many people like （活动、地方、东西等）流行的，受欢迎的 |
| a popular brand of cat food 很受欢迎的猫粮品牌 |
| What is the most popular leisure pastime after watching television? 除了看电视之外什么休闲活动最受大家欢迎？ |
| +with This hotel is very popular with tourists. 这家旅社很受游客们青睐。 |
| | 1a | a popular person is liked by most people （人）广受欢迎的，人缘好的 | | Jenny is one of the most popular girls in the school. 珍妮是学校里人缘最好的女孩之一。 | | +with He’ s hugely popular with the fans. 他非常受仰慕者们的喜爱。 | |
| | 1b | used about something that many people want or like to have （物）受大众喜爱的，流行的 | | Her books have enormous popular appeal. 她的书很受大众喜爱。 | | popular demand (=requests by a lot of people) Due to popular demand, extra tickets for the match have been made available. 普遍的需求 | |
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| 2 | only before noun a popular belief , feeling , attitude etc is one that many people have （信仰、感情、态度等）大众的，普遍的 |
| contrary to popular belief (=although most people do not believe it) Contrary to popular belief, the existing safety regulations were adequate. 与普遍的观点相反 |
| a popular misconception (=something that many people wrongly believe to be true) It’ s a popular misconception that all women love shopping. 普遍的误解 |
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| 3 | only before noun suitable for ordinary people rather than experts 通俗的；大众的 |
| popular science/psychology 大众科学/心理学 |
| | 3a | involving the ordinary people in society , rather than politicians, leaders etc 民众的；平民的 | | a popular uprising 平民起义 | | Popular discontent resulted in the government’ s defeat. 民众的不满导致政府的挫败。 | | There is little popular support for their economic reform policies. 他们的经济改革政策几乎没有得到民众的支持。 | |
| Words frequently used with popular | | popular 的常见搭配词 | | nouns | belief, misconception, myth, opinion, view, | 2 | | | |
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