On the state broadcaster’s account on Weibo, a microblogging service, the comments section was temporarily shut down as viewers bombarded it with complaints. Since then censors have been busy deleting posts about the surfeit of political puffery.
生词
1bombard |bɒmˈbɑ:d; 美 bɑ:mˈbɑ:rd|
[动词 + 名词短语] ~ sb/sth (with sth)
to attack a place by firing large guns at it or dropping bombs on it continuously 轰炸;轰击
to attack sb with a lot of questions, criticisms, etc. or by giving them too much information 大量提问;大肆抨击;提供过多信息
We have been bombarded with letters of complaint.
我们接二连三收到了大批的投诉信件。
2 surfeit |ˈsɜ:fɪt; 美 ˈsɜ:rfɪt|
[常用单数形式] ~ (of sth) (formal) an amount that is too large 过量
3 puffery 英 ['pʌfərɪ] 美 [ˈpʌfəri]
n. 吹捧,鼓吹,吹捧的广告;
4censor |ˈsensə(r)|
a person whose job is to examine books, films/movies, etc. and remove parts which are considered to be offensive, immoral or a political threat (书籍、电影等的)审查员,审查官