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单词 poster boy
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poster boy

noun North American
A man who epitomizes or represents a specified quality, cause, etc. he is the poster boy for stress he’s been anointed country rock’s poster boy...
  • Almost overnight, the 26-year-old became the poster boy for American independent film.
  • The poster boy for the dumbing down of film, it's no wonder she hired him: she becomes the scholar by default.
  • They were a large part of slacker culture, and became poster boys for Generation X.

Origin

1940s: from the use in print advertisements of good-looking young men and appealing children.

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