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叫座 appeal to the audience

Updated: 2019-03-25
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A crowd of people waits to see films at a cinema in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province, Feb 6, 2019. [Photo/VCG]

评价一部电影时,我们经常会用到“叫好”,“叫座”这两个词汇。从字面意思来看,“叫好”比较好理解,即对于精彩的事物大声喊“好”(shout ”bravo”),表示“applaud,praise”。那么“叫座”的含义呢?

“叫座”,是指戏剧或演员对观众很有吸引力(be a hit with audience, appeal to the audience),能够吸引大批观众(draw a large audience),使节目的上座率(occupancy rate)很高,即票房(box office)很高的意思。

例句:

这部电影很叫座。
The film draws well.

那部电影不叫座。
That movie does badly at the box office.