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单词 advert
释义
noun ˈadvəːtˈædˌvərt
British informal
  • An advertisement.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of the banned adverts in the series appeared as a poster and showed a photograph of an alleyway at night.
    • Within days, Kerry's camp responded in kind, buying a series of adverts in key swing states.
    • They have taken out expensive adverts in the trade press, complete with favourable reviews.
    • It seems, however, that it is not just the adverts that prey on young minds.
    • If viewers could rate adverts they like, perhaps the insulting ones would quickly get weeded out.
    • Amid all the gloom and doom in the advertising industry giant adverts seem to be bucking the trend.
    • If the news reports failed to tell you it was Christmas, the adverts were quick to plug that gap.
    • Advertisers place their adverts where they think they can reach their audience.
    • The New Year is usually a very poor time for quality adverts on television.
    • The leaflets back a cinema advert being aired locally with the same message.
    • They will be accompanied by adverts from local retail companies as well as music promotions.
    • Have you ever noticed how the adverts at London tube stations vary depending on where you are?
    • People might take more notice of car insurance adverts that they have time to read.
    • I was looking for the advertising costs so I can put in an advert for my new venture!
    • Poster adverts that talk to people walking by could soon be hitting the high street.
    • It's not just about bus shelter adverts and nice shelves in the supermarket.
    • However, our first adverts of the season hit the shelves next week, and then our traffic will rocket.
    • The cinema was half full and the adverts went on for over half an hour… ridiculous.
    • Trying to spot what on earth adverts are selling helps fill the gaps between television programmes.
    • Cash raised will be used to plant and maintain the area where the advert is displayed.
    Synonyms
    notice, announcement, bulletin

Origin

Mid 19th century: abbreviation.

Rhymes

alert, animadvert, assert, avert, Bert, blurt, Burt, cert, chert, concert, controvert, convert, curt, desert, dessert, dirt, divert, exert, flirt, girt, hurt, inert, insert, introvert, Kurt, malapert, overt, pert, quirt, shirt, skirt, spirt, spurt, squirt, Sturt, subvert, vert, wort, yurt
verb ədˈvəːt
[no object]formal
  • Refer to in speaking or writing.

    I have already adverted to the solar revolution
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The gloss I just referred to is adverted to in paragraph 34 of our written submissions.
    • That is what the parties agreed to, albeit because they did not advert to that consequence.
    • The delinquencies of the peace process must not be adverted to in public.
    • There is no need to prove that D adverted to the consequences at all.
    • It adverted to the widespread recognition that the region would be a separate national state.
    • Now, your Honours, in relation to the fourth of those propositions - the first one I have adverted to already.
    • Yet isn't this what is implied in the allusion which does not advert to the activities of the army?
    • His report is not helpful and given the shortcomings already adverted to, I prefer to rely on the evidence.
    • Now, that is a matter which was adverted to in this Court in a case referred to on page 72 of the application book.
    • In the long run, can the US adequately respond without adverting to its religious motive?
    • It is a matter which your Honours have already seen was adverted to by his Honour in the second sentence.
    Synonyms
    mention, make mention of, make reference to, allude to, touch on, speak about, speak of, talk about, talk of, write about, cite, name, comment on, deal with, go into, treat, treat of, note, point out, call attention to, bring up, raise, broach, introduce

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French avertire, from Latin advertere 'turn towards' (see adverse). The original sense was 'turn one's attention to', later 'bring to someone's attention'.

 
 
nounˈædˌvərtˈadˌvərt
British informal
  • An advertisement.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Poster adverts that talk to people walking by could soon be hitting the high street.
    • I was looking for the advertising costs so I can put in an advert for my new venture!
    • However, our first adverts of the season hit the shelves next week, and then our traffic will rocket.
    • The cinema was half full and the adverts went on for over half an hour… ridiculous.
    • It seems, however, that it is not just the adverts that prey on young minds.
    • The leaflets back a cinema advert being aired locally with the same message.
    • Advertisers place their adverts where they think they can reach their audience.
    • If viewers could rate adverts they like, perhaps the insulting ones would quickly get weeded out.
    • The New Year is usually a very poor time for quality adverts on television.
    • If the news reports failed to tell you it was Christmas, the adverts were quick to plug that gap.
    • They have taken out expensive adverts in the trade press, complete with favourable reviews.
    • People might take more notice of car insurance adverts that they have time to read.
    • Cash raised will be used to plant and maintain the area where the advert is displayed.
    • Within days, Kerry's camp responded in kind, buying a series of adverts in key swing states.
    • Amid all the gloom and doom in the advertising industry giant adverts seem to be bucking the trend.
    • Have you ever noticed how the adverts at London tube stations vary depending on where you are?
    • Trying to spot what on earth adverts are selling helps fill the gaps between television programmes.
    • One of the banned adverts in the series appeared as a poster and showed a photograph of an alleyway at night.
    • They will be accompanied by adverts from local retail companies as well as music promotions.
    • It's not just about bus shelter adverts and nice shelves in the supermarket.
    Synonyms
    notice, announcement, bulletin

Origin

Mid 19th century: abbreviation.

verb
[no object]formal
  • Refer to in speaking or writing.

    he had failed to advert to the consequences that his conduct was having
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now, your Honours, in relation to the fourth of those propositions - the first one I have adverted to already.
    • That is what the parties agreed to, albeit because they did not advert to that consequence.
    • The gloss I just referred to is adverted to in paragraph 34 of our written submissions.
    • In the long run, can the US adequately respond without adverting to its religious motive?
    • The delinquencies of the peace process must not be adverted to in public.
    • It adverted to the widespread recognition that the region would be a separate national state.
    • Now, that is a matter which was adverted to in this Court in a case referred to on page 72 of the application book.
    • His report is not helpful and given the shortcomings already adverted to, I prefer to rely on the evidence.
    • There is no need to prove that D adverted to the consequences at all.
    • It is a matter which your Honours have already seen was adverted to by his Honour in the second sentence.
    • Yet isn't this what is implied in the allusion which does not advert to the activities of the army?
    Synonyms
    mention, make mention of, make reference to, allude to, touch on, speak about, speak of, talk about, talk of, write about, cite, name, comment on, deal with, go into, treat, treat of, note, point out, call attention to, bring up, raise, broach, introduce

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French avertire, from Latin advertere ‘turn towards’ (see adverse). The original sense was ‘turn one's attention to’, later ‘bring to someone's attention’.

 
 
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