| 单词 | poster child |
| 释义 | > as lemmasposter child poster child n. (a) a child appearing on a poster; (b) a person or thing regarded as the epitome or ideal of a specified phenomenon, movement, cause, etc.; frequently with for, of. ΚΠ 1938 Washington Post 18 June 6/7 The poster children on the front blackboard stared down at me, helplessly. 1978 Washington Post Mag. 29 Jan. 16/2 Epiphany, you recall, was the preferred perception of the whole Vietnam era: of acid heads, patriots..schizophrenics (those poster children of the decade). 1995 Abilities (Toronto) Spring 2/2 Members of the media..have been subjected to the same messages over time: messages depicting people with disabilities as cute poster children, heroic athletes, or especially most recently, pitiable cripples. 2000 Builder & Engineer July 25/1 You'd have to be living in a cave not to have noticed that the building industry has become the poster child for the old economy. < as lemmas |
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