| 单词 | popular |
| 释义 | popular (once / 58 pages) adj The adjective popular describes something that is well-liked or admired by a lot of people. Sometimes when you read a bestselling novel, you wonder why it's so popular. Popular comes from the Latin word populus, which means people. Anything that is popular is liked by many people. When you're talking about popular music or art, you may sometimes shorten the word popular to "pop," as in pop music or pop culture. Popular also describes things by or for the people, or the general population, such as the popular vote or a popular revolt. WORD FAMILYpopular: popularest, popularise, popularism, popularity, popularize, popularly, unpopular+/popularisation: popularisations/popularise: popularisation, popularised, populariser, popularises, popularising/populariser: popularisers/popularity: popularities/popularization: popularizations/popularize: popularization, popularized, popularizer, popularizes, popularizing/popularizer: popularizers/unpopular: unpopularity, unpopularly/unpopularity: unpopularities USAGE EXAMPLESRemember that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) He was the ‘most popular politician on Earth.’ Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The venue, called Reina, is perched on the Bosporus and is popular with Istanbul’s elite, including musicians and soccer players. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public a popular tourist attraction a popular girl cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular Syn|Ant best-selling selling in great numbers fashionablepatronized by favorite, favouriteappealing to the general public hotvery popular or successful touristed, touristyvisited by throngs of tourists unpopular regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval less-travelednot visited by many travelers 2adj (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people) Syn pop nonclassical not classical 3adj carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large the popular vote popular representation institutions of popular government Syn democratic characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality 4adj representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large popular thought popular science popular fiction Syn democratic common having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual |
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