telemarketing
telemarketing — 名詞
1. The business activity of calling people on the telephone in order to try to sell
電話行銷
打電話推銷商品或服務的商業方式
The business activity of calling people on the telephone in order to try to sell them products or services.
Mei-Lin found a job in telemarketing, calling customers to offer them new phone plans.
Mei-Lin 找到一份電話行銷的工作，打電話向客戶推銷新的手機方案。
telemarketing + as a job type
The electronics store hired extra telemarketing staff before the holiday season.
那家電器行在假期旺季前增聘了電話行銷人員。
modifier use: telemarketing staff
Many people dislike telemarketing calls because they interrupt dinner or family time.
很多人不喜歡電話行銷來電，因為這些電話常打斷晚餐或家庭時間。
Elena tried telemarketing for a summer job, but she found the work very tiring.
Elena 試著做暑期電話行銷工作，但發現這份工作非常累人。
A new law limits the hours when telemarketing companies can contact customers.
新法規限制了電話行銷公司可以聯絡客戶的時段。
- telesales
more or less interchangeable with telemarketing; slightly more common in British business English and focused on selling rather than broader marketing
- cold calling
refers specifically to calling people who have not shown prior interest; a subset of telemarketing
- phone sales
more informal; describes the same activity outside industry jargon
文法句型
telemarketing + noun (telemarketing call / telemarketing company)
work in / do telemarketing
用法筆記
This is an uncountable noun — it has no plural form. It often appears as a modifier before another noun (telemarketing company, telemarketing call). You work in telemarketing or do telemarketing, not 'a telemarketing'.