雅思詞匯解析（79）| 公眾人物

1. persona /p?'s??n?/

n. 表象人格；偽裝；假象

the image or personality that a person presents to other people, perhaps in contrast to their real character or nature. 即某人的人設(shè)

常見搭配：shape / craft a persona 打造/樹立人設(shè)

e.g. In work settings, people often carefully craft their persona in order to project an image of professionalism.

e.g. There is a strong contradiction between his private life and public persona. While he presents an approachable and nice image, he treats people around him in a condescending way.

補充：approachable adj. 平易近人的

condescending adj. 盛氣凌人的; 居高臨下的

2. sensational /sen'se??(?)n(?)l/

adj. (故事、報道)聳人聽聞的，轟動的

搭配：sensational headlines 熱點頭條

e.g. e.g. The tabloids dig into anything sensational regardless of the rights of privacy of the people affected.

e.g. During an interview, he succeeded in grabbing attention by making sensational and exaggerated statements.

補充：exaggerated 夸張的；夸大的

n. sensation 引起轟動的人(或事件、情況)；

e.g. His brilliant performance in that film turned him into an overnight sensation.

e.g. The rave reviews turned the book into a nationwide sensation overnight.

補充：rave reviews 好評

3. tabloid /'tæbl?id/

n. 小報

a newspaper that has pages about half the size of an ordinary newspaper and that typically contains many photographs and stories about famous people and other less serious news items.

常見搭配：tabloid press / newspaper / report

e.g. The tabloid press managed to discredit him by distorting what he said and creating an image of him as icy and indifferent.

e.g. Some celebrities have successfully sued the tabloid press for libeling them.

補充：libel 在書報、雜志上對…進行誹謗

discredit 敗壞…的名聲

icy; indifferent 冷漠的

4. paparazzi /?pɑ:p?'rɑ:tsi:/

n. 狗仔隊

e.g. The paparazzi swarmed around the celebrity, trying to snap a photograph of her. 

e.g. The paparazzi's relentless pursuit of sensational stories often invades the privacy of public figures.