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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

popular ['pɔpjulər]
  1. 1. adjective [+person] [ place] [ thing] (well-liked) 流行
  2. 2. adjective [+idea] [ belief] [ appeal] (general) 普遍
  3. 3. adjective [+name] [ activity] (fashionable) 时髦的
  4. 4. adjective [+books] [ newspapers] [ TV programmes] (not elitist) 通俗
  5. 5. adjective [+movement] [ activity] 民众的
    to be popular with sb
    [food,activity etc+] 某人喜欢
  6. 6. adjective [person+] 某人欢迎

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

popular [ˈpɒpjʊlər]
  1. 1. adjective 受欢迎的热门
    In the worker's union, he was very popular.
    工人联盟里,他是非常受欢迎的人物
    Cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular.
    椰菜娃娃不再流行了。
  2. 2. adjective 民众的人民
    Labour ended up with only 209 seats and 27.6 percent of the popular vote.
    工党最终获得了209席,和27.6%的民众选票
  3. 3. adjective 大众的,普遍的
    Unfortunately, increased use of the death penalty appears to be the most popular solution.
    不幸的是,更多应用死刑似乎成了最普遍的解决方式
  4. 4. adjective [Music] 流行的,通俗
    I like to listen to popular music on the radio.
    喜欢收听收音机里的流行音乐

Collins English-English Dictionary

popular ['pɒpjυlə]
  1. 1. n [usually plural] cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press pops
  2. 2. adj appealing to the general public; widely favoured or admired
  3. 3. adj favoured by an individual or limited group
    I'm not very popular with her
  4. 4. adj connected with, representing, or prevailing among the general public; common
    popular discontent
  5. 5. adj appealing to or comprehensible to the layman
    a popular lecture on physics
  6. 6. n [Etymology] C15: from Latin popularis belonging to the people, democratic, from populus people

Examples

popular government
人民政府
popular prices
廉价
a popular actor
受欢迎的男演员
That's the most popular restaurant in town.
那是城里最有名的饭店。
the tribunal of popular sentiment
舆论的制裁

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