[with obj.]describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance 为(产品、服务或事件)做广告 a billboard advertising beer. 啤酒广告牌。 many rugs are advertised as machine washable. 有许多地毯都做广告说可以机洗。 [no obj.]we had a chance to advertise on television. 我们有机会在电视上做广告。 ■seek to fill (a vacancy) by putting a notice in a newspaper or other medium (在报纸或其他媒体上)广告招聘 for every job we advertise we get a hundred applicants. 我们每个职位的广告都有100名应聘者。 [no obj.]he advertised for dancers in the trade papers. 他在商业报纸上登广告招聘舞蹈人员。 ■make (a quality or fact) known 宣传,让人知道(品质,事实) Meryl coughed briefly to advertise her presence. 梅里尔咳了咳,想让大家注意到她在场。 ■(archaic)notify (someone) of something (古)提醒…注意 some prisoners advertised the French of this terrible danger. 一些囚犯提醒法国人注意这一可怕的危险。
派生 advertiser noun 语源
late Middle English : from Old French advertiss-, lengthened stem of advertir, from Latin advertere 'turn towards' (see advert)