| 释义 |
telethon orig. and chiefly U.S.|ˈtɛlɪθɒn|
[f. tele- 2 + -thon.]
An especially prolonged television programme used to raise money for a charity or cause; also in extended use, a lengthy television programme for some other purpose.
1949Examiner (San Francisco) 10 Apr. 22/5 ‘Telethon’ nets $702,000. 1952Sun (Baltimore) 23 June (B ed.) 1/6 Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, in a 14½-hour coast-to-coast telethon today raised more than $1,000,000 in contributions and pledges for the United States Olympic fund. 1960Daily Tel. 8 Nov. 1/2 As the climax to his campaign, Mr. Nixon, Republican, answered telephoned questions for four hours in a nation-wide ‘telethon’. 1968Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Sept. 6/5 The telethon, now a widely-used fund raising mechanism. 1973G. W. Hart Right from Start iv. 303 Metzenbaum proposed a series of state⁓wide telethons which would provide an opportunity for the Senator to appear on television hook-ups in the key states in a format in which he excels, answering individual citizens' questions. 1982Listener 8 July 3/2 Perhaps we have all been corrupted by the telethons of Vietnam television reporting. |