personals
personals — 名詞
1. the part of a newspaper, magazine, or website where people pay to print short pr
徵友啟事欄
報紙或網站上刊登私人徵友或留言的版面
the part of a newspaper, magazine, or website where people pay to print short private notices, often to look for a partner or send someone a message
Nala met her husband through an ad she placed in the personals.
Nala 是透過她登在徵友啟事欄的廣告認識她先生的。
collocation: meet someone through the personals
Every Sunday, Rohan read the personals just to enjoy the funny messages.
每個星期天，Rohan 都會讀徵友啟事欄，純粹是想看那些有趣的留言。
the + personals as a fixed plural noun
The local paper charges ten dollars to run a short notice in the personals.
地方報社收十美元，就能在徵友啟事欄刊登一則短訊。
collocation: run a notice in the personals
Lonely after the move, Manuela posted a hopeful message in the personals.
搬家後感到孤單的 Manuela，在徵友啟事欄登了一則充滿期待的留言。
Before dating apps, many couples first found each other in the personals.
在交友軟體出現之前，許多情侶都是在徵友啟事欄裡相遇的。
- place an ad in the personals
- read the personals
- post in the personals
- answer a personals ad
- personal ads
the more common everyday term for the same section
- classifieds
broader — covers all small paid notices, not just private or romantic ones
文法句型
the personals
place an ad in the personals
用法筆記
Always plural and almost always preceded by 'the'. The closely related modern phrase 'personal ads' means the same thing and is more common in everyday speech.
常見錯誤
2. short news items in a paper that report what particular local people have been d
地方人事短訊
報導當地特定人物近況的簡短新聞
short news items in a paper that report what particular local people have been doing, such as visits, weddings, or awards
The small-town editor, Caleb, wrote the personals about births and weddings himself.
小鎮編輯 Caleb 親自撰寫報導出生與婚禮的地方人事短訊。
Aunt Élise always checked the personals to see which neighbours had won prizes.
Élise 阿姨總會看地方人事短訊，了解哪些鄰居得了獎。
the + personals reporting local people's news
Back in 1950, the personals listed who had visited the Darius family that week.
早在 1950 年，地方人事短訊就會列出那週有誰拜訪了 Darius 一家。
The village newsletter kept a personals section for engagements and new babies.
村裡的通訊刊物會保留一個地方人事短訊欄，刊登訂婚與新生兒的消息。
collocation: a personals section
- write the personals
- the personals column
- social column
a named section reporting local people's social activities
- society pages
covers a wider range of social-life reporting in larger papers
文法句型
the personals column
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: here the items are short reports about named local people's activities, not paid private notices placed by readers themselves. This use is old-fashioned and now rare.
同根字
- personal形容詞A2
- person名詞A1
- personally副詞B1
- personality名詞B1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- personals section
- personals column
- personals ad
常用片語
- place an ad in the personals
- read the personals
介系詞搭配
- in the personals