英语词汇“telethon”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

telethon

/ˈtɛlɪθɒn

noun

A very long television programme, typically one broadcast to raise money for a charity.Earlier this month, Johnny was among a galaxy of stars who manned the phones at a televised tsunami telethon to raise money for victims of the Asian disaster.....

The telethon was to raise money for the people in need, to give them food where they had none, to put pharmaceuticals on their pharmacy shelves.
It is not yet known how much money was raised by the telethon but early predictions suggest it could be over £70 million.

Origin

1940s (originally US): from tele- 'at a distance' + -thon on the pattern of marathon.

单词	telethon
释义	telethon /ˈtɛlɪθɒn / noun A very long television programme, typically one broadcast to raise money for a charity.Earlier this month, Johnny was among a galaxy of stars who manned the phones at a televised tsunami telethon to raise money for victims of the Asian disaster..... The telethon was to raise money for the people in need, to give them food where they had none, to put pharmaceuticals on their pharmacy shelves. It is not yet known how much money was raised by the telethon but early predictions suggest it could be over £70 million. Origin 1940s (originally US): from tele- 'at a distance' + -thon on the pattern of marathon.
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