单词 | unpopular |
释义 | unpopularun‧pop‧u‧lar /ʌnˈpɒpjələ $ -ˈpɑːpjələr/ ●●○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatornot popular► unpopular Collocations if someone or something is unpopular , a lot of people do not like them: · The government is more unpopular now than it has been for years.· Mr Venables must be the most unpopular teacher in school.unpopular with: · The taxes proved extremely unpopular with the electorate. ► out of favour British /out of favor American if a person, idea, or other thing is out of favour , people no longer approve of them or use them, although they used to be popular: · Smacking children seems to be out of favour these days.go/fall out of favour (with somebody): · The classic jigsaw puzzle never goes out of favour with kids.· Journalists and producers who fell out of favour were fired immediately. ► there is no demand/call for if there is no demand for a product or service people do not want to buy it: · There's no demand for heavy immovable furniture any more.· Where there is no call for a continued food market, market buildings have proved highly adaptable. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadverbs► very/deeply/highly unpopular Word family· This bill is deeply unpopular with the rest of the Republican establishment. ► extremely unpopular· The changes to the National Health System were extremely unpopular with doctors. ► increasingly unpopular (=more and more unpopular as time passes)· The war was becoming increasingly unpopular. ► widely unpopular· The party promised to abolish this widely unpopular tax. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► popular/unpopular view· This view has become increasingly popular in society.· It’s now a rather unpopular view. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► deeply· A string of sensational stories has made them deeply unpopular.· She did things which were deeply unpopular to a large section of the political community which she was striving to hold together.· What we did not hear was that his objectionable manner made him deeply unpopular with black people in his district.· It has pledged to end the deeply unpopular draft and to reduce the 80,000-strong army.· The war is deeply unpopular, but Mugabe remains firmly committed to it.· The first assessment was made in 1662, but the tax proved deeply unpopular and was finally abolished in 1689.· Even water privatisation, which every opinion poll showed to be a deeply unpopular measure, was almost six times over-subscribed.· The episcopalians, by contrast, strongly opposed the Union, which proved to be deeply unpopular. ► extremely· It was extremely unpopular because it was a symbol of Roman rule.· Both the 6: 30 staff meetings and the WSOAs proved extremely unpopular.· After his speech the night before in the Academy, Brown had become an extremely unpopular figure amongst the ruling elite.· Local government reorganisation was also extremely unpopular among people concerned with the smaller local authorities which would be abolished.· This radical change of emphasis proved to be extremely unpopular with doctors both in primary care and the hospital service. ► highly· Yet an extra levy on names to replenish it would be highly unpopular.· Still, the emergency loan was highly unpopular in both countries.· With important municipal elections due in October, they were unwilling to be associated with his highly unpopular economic austerity policies.· Under the highly unpopular Videnov, the Socialist government resisted implementing economic reforms.· It was a highly unpopular Act; nevertheless it remained on the statute books until 1815.· It may have appeared to make political sense for Dole to tie Baer and his highly unpopular ruling to Clinton.· Polls indicate Gingrich is highly unpopular. ► increasingly· Rights issues have become increasingly unpopular over the last decade or so.· Their bowed shape can be justified on the assumption that both inflation and unemployment become increasingly unpopular the higher they are.· The links with the unions, increasingly unpopular, dispirited, and losing membership, were no longer a source of strength.· Thenceforward he became increasingly unpopular and involved in frequent quarrels.· Though it succeeded in slowing inflation, it also slowed growth and became increasingly unpopular.· Bradstreet was a moderate who was increasingly unpopular with those who wished to fight royal attacks on the colony's charter.· But it also raises questions for the increasingly unpopular military rulers.· Mr Mugabe's party is increasingly unpopular among city workers. ► more· Why would the Labor Party exchange Mr Hawke for some one even more unpopular?· Mrs Thatcher was always more unpopular than her party. ► most· Anthony Gould was said to be one of the most unpopular men in the prison because of a crusade against drug abuse.· This estate is now one of the most unpopular in the city.· The war became a most unpopular one domestically as the toll of dead and injured steadily mounted.· The most unpopular of the security forces is the Ulster Defence Regiment, the locally-recruited and predominantly Protestant force. ► politically· Lastly, both programmes have almost universally been politically unpopular in the countries where they have been launched.· But raising those rates is a very public -- and potentially very politically unpopular -- act.· The difficulty in cutting government expenditure Cuts in government expenditure are politically unpopular.· What is more, tax increases or cuts in government expenditure are politically unpopular.· They are politically unpopular and discriminate against those with high borrowing commitments, such as those with large mortgages. ► so· What made them so unpopular that they aren't even commemorated in a country name.· Barnett did not stoop to the kind of chicanery that had made Davis so unpopular.· The administration would hate this, largely because the petrol tax is so unpopular in the open spaces of the West.· I see now what makes a congressman so unpopular.· They might be, predictably, so unpopular that Parliament would not pass them in the first place.· The vicar is now so unpopular that only a handful of people still attend St Mary's Church.· But what made the community charge so unpopular was its size and certain iniquities. ► very· These classes were very unpopular with Contact members.· The good news is that everyone who is anyone wants to meet the man who replaced the very unpopular Boutros Boutros-Ghali.· This was very unpopular with the middle-class whites.· This is likely to be very unpopular and further reinforces individual dependency.· This explains why, when I cam along, I was very unpopular. NOUN► decision· This strained family relationships, especially those of Committee members when unpopular decisions had to be made.· Coaches are paid to make unpopular decisions, and Kasper made one in Toronto. ► government· For a new chancellor, presenting a budget for an unpopular government, it was the best he could do.· Ankara diplomats saw his resignation as a way of distancing himself from an unpopular government. ► policy· Without the consensus achieved in Cabinet, ministers are free to disclaim responsibility for unpopular policies. ► war· Few of them cared to talk about their jobs; they were as reticent as veterans of an unpopular war. WORD FAMILYnounpopularity ≠ unpopularitypopularizationadjectivepopular ≠ unpopularverbpopularizeadverbpopularly not liked by most people: an unpopular choice an unpopular teacherunpopular with/among a decision that was deeply unpopular with students—unpopularity /ʌnˌpɒpjəˈlærəti $ -ˌpɑːp-/ noun [uncountable]COLLOCATIONSadverbsvery/deeply/highly unpopular· This bill is deeply unpopular with the rest of the Republican establishment.extremely unpopular· The changes to the National Health System were extremely unpopular with doctors.increasingly unpopular (=more and more unpopular as time passes)· The war was becoming increasingly unpopular.widely unpopular· The party promised to abolish this widely unpopular tax. |
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