Learn A Word A Day - hype

Learn A Word A Day - hype

hype

 / hajp/

noun [Countable, Uncountable]

(slang 俚)

(piece of) misleading and exaggerated publicity

天花乱坠的宣传报道:

The public were not fooled by all the hype the press gave the event.

新闻界言过其实的种种报道并没有愚弄得了公众.

>hype 
verb (phrasal verb)

hype something up (slang 俚)

publicize something in a wildly exaggerated way

言过其实地宣传某事物:

The movie has been hyped up far beyond its worth.

这部影片被吹得离了谱了.

hyped up adjective (slang 俚) 

1 exaggerated

夸张的; 言过其实的. 

2 (of a person) stimulated (as if) by drugs

（指人）（似）因毒品刺激而变得兴奋的.


Bahasa Malaysia

hype

noun (slang), (derogatory)
 
exaggerated publicity,
gembar-gembur;

vt (slang) promote by exaggerated publicity,
menggembar-gemburkan:
 
He’s hyping his latest book with a lot of gimmicks, 

Dia menggembar-gemburkan bukunya yg terbaru dgn berbagai-bagai gimik.