jump the shark

短语

（美，非正式）（电视系列剧，电影）为求新奇而加入牵强情节（显示质量的下降），哗众取宠

发音

AU

词形变化

jumped the shark jumping the shark jumps the shark 三单 jumps the shark jumping the shark 现在分词 jumped the shark 过去式 jumped the shark 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Of television program or other narrative, to undergo a storyline development which heralds a fundamental and generally disappointing change in direction.

    习语 媒体

    Happy Days infamously jumped the shark when Fonzie literally jumped a shark on water skis. I Love Lucy jumped the shark when Lucy and Ricky moved to the suburbs. The Brady Bunch jumped the shark when Cousin Oliver moved in.

  2. 2.

    To experience a decline in quality, appeal, popularity, etc.

    习语 引申义

词源

From Hollywood (Part 3), an episode in 1977 during the fifth season of the American television series Happy Days, in which the character Fonzie jumped over a shark on waterskis. The expression argues that it was at this point that the show bore no similarity to its original form.

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