want ad

IPA/ˈwɒnt æd/
IPA/ˈwɑːnt æd/

want ad — 名詞

1. a short paid notice, printed among similar ones in a newspaper's classified page

1.名詞C1
釋義

分類廣告

報紙或網站上買賣徵才的小型分類廣告

a short paid notice, printed among similar ones in a newspaper's classified pages or posted online, in which someone says they want to buy, sell, hire, or be hired for something.

例句

Élise sold her old bicycle within a day of placing a want ad.

Élise 刊登分類廣告後，不到一天就把舊腳踏車賣掉了。

collocation: place a want ad

The Sunday paper had three pages of want ads for kitchen jobs.

週日的報紙有三頁都是徵廚房人手的分類廣告。

want ads grouped by topic

常見搭配
  • place a want ad
  • answer a want ad
  • run a want ad
  • the want ads
同義詞
  • classified ad

    the standard term in British English for the same kind of notice

  • small ad

    British, informal; stresses the short, low-cost format

文法句型

place a want ad

answer a want ad

用法筆記

Chiefly American; British speakers usually say 'classified ad' or 'small ad'. Almost always plural ('the want ads') when talking about the whole newspaper section.

常見錯誤

I made a want ad for my car.
I placed a want ad for my car.
the verb is 'place' or 'put in', not 'make'.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • want ad section
  • job want ad

常用片語

  • place a want ad
  • answer a want ad
  • run a want ad

介系詞搭配

  • want ad for
  • want ad in [a newspaper]