sell-out

sell-out
ˈsell-out , sell‧out /ˈselaʊt/ noun [singular]
1. a performance, sports game etc for which all the tickets have been sold:
    The concert was expected to be a sell-out.
    a sellout crowd of 32,000
2. informal a situation in which someone has not done what they promised to do or were expected to do by the people who trusted them:
    a sellout of the poor for political reasons
3. informal someone who has not done what they promised to do or who is not loyal to their friends or supporters, especially in order to become more popular, richer etc:
    Many black students regarded him as a sellout.
     

THESAURUS

■ something that is popular
   ▪ bestseller a book that a lot of people buy: His prize-winning book ‘A Year in Provence’ became an international bestseller.
   ▪ blockbuster a film that a lot of people watch, especially an exciting film: a Hollywood blockbuster | a blockbuster movie
   ▪ hit something such as a song, show, or film which is very popular and successful: The band played all their old hits. | The film was a box-office hit (=a lot of people went to see it at the cinema). | She stars in ABC’s hit show ‘Desperate Housewives’.
   ▪ sell-out a concert, sports event etc which so many people want to see that all the tickets are sold: The concert was a sell-out. | the band’s sell-out tour of the US
   ▪ cult movie/band/figure etc a film, band, person etc that has become very popular and fashionable with a particular group of people: a cult TV programme
   ▪ craze something that suddenly becomes popular, so that a lot of people do it, buy it etc: the latest dance craze that has been sweeping the US | the craze for ultra expensive designer jeans
   ▪ fad informal something that is very popular for a short time – used about something that you disapprove of, which you do not think will last for very long: Most diets are just fads. | I think it’s a passing fad.

sell-outBrE /ˈsel aʊt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsel aʊt/ 🔊 noun [usually singular] a play, concert, etc. for which all the tickets have been sold 满座的演出（或比赛等）◆Next week's final looks like being a sell-out. 看来下周的决赛将爆满。🔊🔊◆a sell-out tour场场爆满的巡回演出a situation in which sb is not loyal to a person or group who trusted them, by not doing sth that they promised to do, or by doing sth that they promised not to do 违反诺言；违背原则◆The workers see the deal as a union sell-out to management. 工人认为这个协议是工会把他们出卖给了资方。🔊🔊