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popularity [,pɒpju'læriti]

n. 名声, 受大众欢迎, 流行

popularity

[ noun ]
the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after
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his charm soon won him affection and popularitythe universal popularity of American movies

Popularity \Pop`u*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Popularities}. [L.
popularitas an effort to please the people: cf. F.
popularit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being popular; especially, the
state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the
people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the
people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book.

A popularity which has lasted down to our time.
--Macaulay.

2. The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to
common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness;
inferiority; vulgarity.

This gallant laboring to avoid popularity falls into
a habit of affectation. --B. Jonson.

3. Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the
favor of the vulgar; claptrap.

Popularities, and circumstances which . . . sway the
ordinary judgment. --Bacon.

4. The act of courting the favor of the people. [Obs.]
``Indicted . . . for popularity and ambition.'' --Holland.

5. Public sentiment; general passion. [R.]

A little time be allowed for the madness of
popularity to cease. --Bancroft.

Blaize's ouster as party leader was apparently due to his drop in popularity, especially among the young, and his ill health.
For the past seven years the GOP has been riding Ronald Reagan's popularity, and the president's standing slipped this year despite a temporary spurt during the recent summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
His personal popularity has never been high.
But the popularity of other types of loans is growing.
To a considerable degree, of course, this results from his decisive leadership of the nation in the Gulf War and his ensuing popularity.
Those factors, he said, were the popularity of zero-coupon Treasury bonds and long-maturity municipal bonds.
The releases are viewed as tacit acknowledgement by the government of the ANC's influence and popularity.
The popularity of Mr Morihiro Hosokawa's cabinet continues to defy economic gravity, according to a poll published yesterday. A survey of 2,149 people by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper gave the cabinet 73.5 per cent support.
Nor do Republicans owe their gains to President Reagan's enormous popularity in the region or to a realigning issue.
And the Carter presidency was at or near an all-time low in popularity as the hostage crisis worsened.
The sweeps are the four-times-a-year rating periods that test the relative popularity of television programming.
Reagan Productions set a new, high standard for presenting a president and for using his resulting popularity to wheel public opinion and the Congress on the issues.
Reverse mortgages, the financial instrument for utilizing home equity, have existed for at least a decade, although with little popularity.
The minimum investment will be Pounds 1,000. The popularity of emerging markets funds was illustrated this week when Mercury announced it had raised Pounds 40m in three weeks for its new unit trust, compared with its target of Pounds 20m.
There has been much argument over the past two decades about the exact merits of "Sesame Street," but none over the crucial role Jim Henson's Muppets played in the television program's phenomenal popularity.
It is this trend which explains the popularity of tailor-made or 'company specific' programmes at the expense of 'open programmes' (ie open to all-comers).
Recent polls show Bush losing popularity both nationally and in Arizona, and such endorsements "are of declining and almost minimal value" in any case, said Phoenix political consultant Bob Robb.
In a few years, developers predict, many of the honky-tonks in the Wanchai waterfront area will be memories, driven away by dwindling business, higher rentals and the popularity of classier nightspots elsewhere in this British colony.
With just a few "pockets of popularity" - New York, Washington - paying the bills, disagreements can emerge.
We suspect that one reason President Bush's popularity among blacks is so high is that everyone can sense that he has genuine good will and concern for minorities.
A quick freshening for the car, too, gains popularity.
Which ones will sell, which ones won't is probably anybody's guess." Hits this Christmas include thimble-sized vehicles called Micro Machines, Nintendo video games and Barbie, whose popularity is grounded in tradition, Kellerman said.
Miller added that "yogurt has received a great deal of attention" because of its popularity among weight watchers and other consumers.
Mr Brian McLaughlin, managing director of the HMV chain, said his shops were still selling 'as many copies as we can lay our hands on'. The popularity of compact disc players is also boosting music sales.
Until 1940 the company had branches in Vienna and Berlin and the post-war years saw the popularity of Savile Row grow among rich Americans. All that has changed.
But the Depression, World War II and the growing popularity of linoleum and carpeting led to a decline in U.S. tile use.
Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet now has a formal link to the Reuter's Money 2000 information feed. California-based Quotron also recognises the popularity of the PC.
But corruption scandals erupted in his third term, crime, crack and homelessness soared, and his popularity dived.
In a poll released Sunday, Takeshita's popularity sank to 3.9 percent, an all-time low.
The popularity of the four-door versions has zoomed recently, with each of the Big Three and some Japanese competitors getting into the market.

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