advertise

advertise

verb

1. call attention to

e.g. Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS

Synonym: publicizeadvertizepublicise

2. make publicity for
try to sell (a product)

e.g. The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model
The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops

Synonym: advertizepromotepush

1. 为…做广告;宣传
If you advertise something such as a product, an event, or a job, you tell people about it in newspapers, on television, or on posters in order to encourage them to buy the product, go to the event, or apply for the job.

e.g. The players can advertise baked beans, but not rugby boots...
球员可以给烤菜豆做广告，但不能代言橄榄球靴。
e.g. In 1991, the house was advertised for sale at $49,000...
1991年，这座房子登广告出售，售价为49,000美元。

2. （在报纸、电视、公告栏上）登广告招募，登广告征求
If you advertise for someone to do something for you, for example to work for you or share your accommodation, you announce it in a newspaper, on television, or on a notice board.

e.g. We advertised for staff in a local newspaper...
我们在一家地方报纸上刊登了招聘广告。
e.g. I shall advertise for someone to go with me.
我将登广告寻人和我同去。

3. （通过外表或行为）显示（某种特质）；使变得显眼
If someone or something advertises a particular quality, they show it in their appearance or behaviour.

e.g. His hard sinewy body advertised his ruthlessness of purpose.
他健硕的身体使他显得意志尤为坚强。

4. 宣扬；张扬；引起对…的注意
If you do not advertise the fact that something is the case, you try not to let other people know about it.

e.g. There is no need to advertise the fact that you are a single woman...
没有必要张扬你是一个单身女性。
e.g. I didn't want to advertise the fact that he hadn't driven me to the airport.
我不想宣扬他没有开车送我去机场的事。