sensationalism

英 [sen'seɪʃənəlɪzəm] 美 [sen'seɪʃənəlɪzəm]

• n. 追求轰动效应；感觉论；煽情主义；哗众取宠

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 哗众取宠
2. 追求轰动效应
3. 官能主义
4. 追求轰动效应的题材
5. <贬>耸人听闻
6. 耸人听闻的新闻报道
7. 感觉论
8. 感情论
9. 耸人听闻的手法
10. 喜欢制造轰动
11. 投合时尚主义
12. 肉欲主义
13. 煽情主义

英英释义

Noun:

1. subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes

2. the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes;

   "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"
   

3. (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good

4. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. As with any famous location, sensationalism by the press often distorts the facts.
   像在其他著名地点发生的一样，媒体追求轰动效应的做法经常歪曲了事实。
2. Afterwards, sensationalism places its root in Hong Kong media.
   从该时开始，煽情主义在香港植根。

经典引文

• Network TV..is dominated by..voyeuristic pandering, sensationalism, homage to violence.

  出自：Philadelphia Inquirer

近反义词

【近义词】

• exaggeration 夸张
• overstatement 夸大其词
• scandal 丑闻
• melodrama 情节剧
• shock tactics 突击战术
• sensualism 肉欲主义
• luridness lurid的名词形式...
• empiricism 经验主义