"silly season" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 新闻淡季

Definition

每年，尤其是夏天，正经新闻较少、媒体常报道琐事和奇闻的时期。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于英式英语，口语和新闻语境中带有幽默感或批评意味，表示严重新闻较少的时候。也泛指事务冷清的时期。

Examples

During the silly season, newspapers publish funny animal stories.

在**新闻淡季**，报纸会刊登有趣的动物故事。

Summer is often called the silly season by journalists.

夏天常被记者称为**新闻淡季**。

Strange stories appear more often in the silly season.

在**新闻淡季**，怪事比较常见。

It's the silly season—no wonder the front page is all about a giant pumpkin.

现在是**新闻淡季**——难怪头版都是巨型南瓜的新闻。

We always get bizarre headlines in the silly season.

在**新闻淡季**总是有奇怪的头条。

Don’t take that alien story seriously—it’s just the silly season.

别把那个外星人故事当真——现在只是**新闻淡季**。