词汇精选：advertise的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

登广告，做广告，做宣传 [I,T]

例句：

It pays to advertise.

做广告是会有回报的。

例句：

We decided to advertise our new product

我们决定为我们的新产品做广告。

通告，通知，宣扬 [T]

例句：

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

你不要到处宣扬他得了爱滋。

例句：

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。

显示，使突出 [T]

例句：

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。

例句：

He began deliberately advertising his willingness to make concessions.

他开始故意渲染他愿意让步。

二、词义辨析：

announce,declare,proclaim,pronounce,advertise,broadcast,publish

这些动词均含“宣布，公开”之意。announce多指首次宣布大家感兴趣或可满足大家好奇心的事情。 declare侧重正式就某事清楚明白地宣布。proclaim指官方宣布重大事件或施政方针，语体比announce正式。pronounce词义与announce,declare接近，但较多用于指法律判决方面的宣布。advertise指通过文字和图像资料等的反复宣传而引起公众的注意，有时隐含令人不快或言过其实的意味。broadcast专指利用广播或电视传播消息或发表见解。publish专指通过报刊或其它媒介向公众公布事情。

三、参考例句：

Are lawyers allowed to advertise?

准许律师做广告 吗 ?

We can advertise on the Internet.

我们可以在网上登广告。

We decided to advertise our new product.

我们决定为我们的新产品做广告。

I shall advertise for someone to go with me.

我将登广告寻人和我同去。

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

你不要到处宣扬他得了爱滋。

We should advertise for someone to do it.

我必须登广告招聘一位新秘书。

I shall advertise for someone to go with me.

我将登广告寻人和我同去。

Mary, I want to advertise for a new junjor secretary.

玛丽，我想登广告招聘一名初级秘书。

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。

Why don’t you advertise for your lost dog?

你的狗丢了，为什么不登个广告？