circus

1. N-COUNT A circus is a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals that travels around to different places and performs shows. 马戏团

My real ambition was to work in a circus. 我真正的理想是去马戏团工作。

2. N-SING The circus is the show performed by these people. 马戏

My dad took me to the circus. 我爸爸带我去看马戏。

3. N-SING If you describe a group of people or an event as a circus, you disapprove of them because they attract a lot of attention but do not achieve anything useful. 闹剧[表不满]

It could well turn into some kind of a media circus. 这很可能会发展成某种媒体闹剧。