advertisement/͵ædvɚˋtaIzmənt; ədˈvɜːtəsmənt or ədˈvɜːtIsmənt/also 又作 adinformal 【非正式】﹐advertBrE 【英】n [C] 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 广告: +for The Sunday papers are full of advertisements for cars. 星期日报纸上全是汽车广告。THESAURUS 同类词commercial – an advertisement on TV or radio〔电视或收音机上的〕广告poster – an advertisement on a wall, often with a picture on it 招贴画﹐海报flyer – a piece of paper with an advertisement on it, often given to you in the street 广告传单junk mail – unwanted letters in the post advertising things〔通过邮寄的〕垃圾邮件spam – unwanted e-mails advertising things〔通过电子邮件发的〕垃圾邮件want ads AmE 【美】/small ads BrE 【英】/classified ads – short advertisements in a newspaper, in which people offer things for sale〔报纸上刊登人们有东西要卖的〕分类广告