/əd'vɜ:tɪsmənt; [US] ,ædvər'taɪzmənt; ,ædvɚ`taɪzmənt/
n
1 [U] action of advertising 出公告; 做广告; 登广告
*[attrib 作定语] the advertisement page 广告专页.
2 [C] (also advert, ad) ~ (for sb/sth) public notice offering or asking for goods, services, etc 广告（推销或徵求货物, 服务等）
*If you want to sell your old sofa, why not put an advertisement in the local paper? 你若打算卖掉旧沙发, 何不在本地报纸上登个广告呢?

n[C]
alsoadinformal
advertBrE
a picture, set of words, or a short film, which is intended to persuade people to buy a product or use a service, or that gives information about a job that is available, an event that is going to happen etc
advertisement for
　The Sunday papers are full of advertisements for cars.
　She saw an advertisement for a ski vacation in Vermont.
　They put an advertisement in The Morning News, offering a high salary for the right person.
　The organizers of the concert had taken out a full page advertisement in The New York Times.
　Only a handful of people answered the advertisement .
be an advertisement for sth
to be a good example of something or show how effective it can be
　He's a very good advertisement for the benefits of regular exercise.

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COLLOCATES for sense 1
put/place an advertisement in a newspaper
take out an advertisement (=ask for an advertisement to be printed or shown)
a newspaper/television/radio advertisement
a full-page/half-page/two-page advertisement
a job advertisement
answer/reply to an advertisement
run a series of advertisements (=print or broadcast a series of them)
WORD FOCUS: advertisement
types of advertisement: commercial on TV or radio
poster on a wall, often with a picture on it
junk mail unwanted letters in the post, advertising things
flyer a sheet of paper with an advertisement on it, given to you in the street or pushed through your door
the blurb a piece of writing on the back of a book, which talks about the good things in it
the classified adsalsothe small ads(BrE) short advertisements in a newspaper, in which people offer things for sale
the personal ads/the lonely hearts (ads) newspaper advertisements in which people say they want to meet someone for romance
See also: slogan, jingle2 (1) , plug2 (2)

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