beat-up

See also: beat up

English

beat-up (comparative more beat-up, superlative most beat-up)

beat-up (plural beat-ups)

(Australia, Britain, New Zealand) An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media.
- 2009, Natasha Robinson, 'James Packer book outrage a beat-up, says Paul Barry', The Australian, Business section
  “It has been suggested that this is a vicious book, a poisonous book, that it's a disgrace to have written it,” Mr Barry said at today's book launch. “That's a total beat-up."
- 2009, Michael Cook, 'Is Britain’s stem cell crisis a beat-up?', BioEdge
  Few areas of science journalism are more susceptible to frothy beat-ups than stem cell research.

单词	beat-up
释义	beat-up See also: beat up English Adjective beat-up (comparative more beat-up, superlative most beat-up) (chiefly of an object, informal) Worn out by overuse; in a state of disrepair Noun beat-up (plural beat-ups) (Australia, Britain, New Zealand) An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media. 2009, Natasha Robinson, 'James Packer book outrage a beat-up, says Paul Barry', The Australian, Business section “It has been suggested that this is a vicious book, a poisonous book, that it's a disgrace to have written it,” Mr Barry said at today's book launch. “That's a total beat-up." 2009, Michael Cook, 'Is Britain’s stem cell crisis a beat-up?', BioEdge Few areas of science journalism are more susceptible to frothy beat-ups than stem cell research. Anagrams up-beat, upbeat
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