leaflets
leaflets — 名詞
1. small single sheets of paper, often folded once, printed with details about an e
傳單；宣傳單
對折印刷品，免費發送或投遞
small single sheets of paper, often folded once, printed with details about an event, a product, or a cause and given to people for free, usually in the street or through letterboxes.
Volunteers handed out leaflets about the school fair to parents at the gate.
志工在校門口向家長發放關於學校園遊會的傳單。
collocation: hand out leaflets about [topic]
Hari designed colorful leaflets to advertise his new bakery on Market Street.
Hari 設計了色彩鮮明的宣傳單，為他在 Market Street 的新麵包店打廣告。
collocation: leaflets to advertise [business]
A pile of political leaflets was pushed through the front door overnight.
一疊政治傳單在夜裡被塞進前門縫裡。
passive: leaflets pushed through [letterbox]
The clinic printed health leaflets in five languages for new patients.
診所印製了五種語言的衛教傳單供新病患取用。
modifier + leaflets: health / safety / political leaflets
Charlotte picked up a stack of leaflets from the tourist office before her hike.
Charlotte 在出發健行前，到旅客服務中心拿了一疊旅遊宣傳單。
common phrase: a stack / pile of leaflets
- hand out leaflets
- campaign leaflets
- promotional leaflets
- information leaflet
- flyer
very close in meaning; flyer is often slightly more casual and used for events
- pamphlet
usually longer and more text-heavy than a leaflet, often several pages
- brochure
glossier and more polished, typically advertising travel, products, or services
- handout
any paper distributed to a group, especially in classes or meetings
文法句型
hand out / give out + leaflets
用法筆記
Frequently appears with verbs of distribution: hand out, give out, drop off, post through. Modifiers usually name the topic (health leaflets, campaign leaflets) rather than the format.
常見錯誤
2. in botany, the smaller leaf-shaped pieces that together make up one larger compo
小葉
複葉中組成整片葉子的小片葉子
in botany, the smaller leaf-shaped pieces that together make up one larger compound leaf on plants such as ash trees, clover, or roses; also used for any very young or undersized leaf.
Each clover leaf has three small leaflets joined to one short stem.
每片苜蓿葉都由三片小葉連在同一根短柄上。
botanical context: leaflets joined to a stem
Salma counted seven leaflets along the rose stem in her grandmother's garden.
Salma 在祖母花園裡數出玫瑰枝條上有七片小葉。
leaflets along [stem]
Ash trees grow long leaves made of many narrow leaflets opposite each other.
白蠟樹會長出由許多窄窄小葉對生而成的長葉子。
leaves made of leaflets
Tiny new leaflets opened along the bean plant after a week of warm rain.
豆苗在一週的溫熱降雨後沿著莖長出細小的新生小葉。
new leaflets opening
- pairs of leaflets
- narrow leaflets
- young leaflets
- leaflike segment
technical description used when 'leaflet' would sound too specialist
- pinna
even more technical term, used mainly for fern leaflets
- simple leaf
a single undivided leaf, not made of smaller leaflets
文法句型
the leaflets of a [compound leaf]
用法筆記
This sense is mostly used in plant biology lessons and gardening writing. Distinguish from sense 1 by the context: gardens, plants, and species names point to sense 2; streets, events, and printing point to sense 1.
常見錯誤
leaflets — 動詞
1. to give out printed paper notices to people in a public place or area, usually t
發傳單
在公共場所向民眾散發宣傳紙
to give out printed paper notices to people in a public place or area, usually to support a campaign, an event, or a business.
Élise spent Saturday morning leafleting the old town to promote the music festival.
Élise 整個週六早上都在舊城區發傳單，宣傳音樂節。
transitive: leaflet + [place]
Local activists leafleted commuters outside the metro station before the vote.
當地社運人士在投票前到捷運站外向通勤族發傳單。
transitive: leaflet + [group of people]
Ada leafleted door to door in her village to find people interested in the choir.
Ada 在自己村裡挨家挨戶發傳單，想找有興趣加入合唱團的人。
intransitive + door to door
Two friends leafleted the car park during the football match to support the local hospital.
兩位朋友在足球賽期間到停車場發傳單，支持當地醫院。
leaflet + [place] for a cause
- leaflet the area
- leaflet shoppers
- leaflet door to door
- hand out leaflets
the everyday phrasal equivalent; far more common in speech than the verb 'leaflet'
- canvass
broader: includes leafleting plus knocking on doors and asking opinions
- flyer (verb)
American informal equivalent, mainly used for event promotion
文法句型
leaflet + [place]
leaflet + [group of people]
用法筆記
Mostly used in British English and in writing about campaigns, charities, and small businesses. The object can be the area (leaflet the high street) or the audience (leaflet shoppers); both are correct.
常見錯誤
同根字
- leaf名詞A1
- leafy形容詞B2
- leaflet名詞B1
- leaflet動詞B2
- leafleting名詞C1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- campaign leaflet
- information leaflet
- promotional leaflet
- health leaflet
常用片語
- hand out leaflets
- drop off leaflets
- a stack of leaflets
- post leaflets through letterboxes
介系詞搭配
- leaflets about
- leaflets for
- leaflets from