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be a giveaway
giveaway 作“泄露迹象”讲时常作表语，后接 of 可说明泄露的事物。
When he lied, his eyes were a giveaway.
他说谎时，他的眼神就是泄露真相的迹象。
免费赠品
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
免费赠品
something that is given away free, especially a promotional item
When he lied, his eyes were a giveaway.
他说谎时，他的眼神就是泄露真相的迹象。
免费赠送的东西；赠品。
Something that is given away or handed out for free.
为少数群体的私人利益而赠送的公共土地或资源
a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group
免费发放物品的活动。
An event at which things are given away for free.
无意的泄露
an unintentional disclosure
We received a small giveaway at the trade fair, a keychain with the company logo.
我们在交易会上收到一份小赠品，是带公司标志的钥匙扣。
The supermarket's giveaway this week is a set of reusable shopping bags.
这家超市这周的赠品是一套可重复使用的购物袋。
They handed out promotional giveaways at the concert to draw more young fans.
他们在音乐会上发放宣传赠品，以吸引更多年轻粉丝。
giveaway 作“泄露迹象”讲时常作表语，后接 of 可说明泄露的事物。
When he lied, his eyes were a giveaway.
他说谎时，他的眼神就是泄露真相的迹象。
The store offered a giveaway with every purchase.
这家商店每笔消费都附赠一份赠品。
giveaway 表示“免费赠品”时为可数名词，复数形式为 giveaways。
The pen came as a giveaway at the conference.
这支笔在会上是作为赠品发放的。
Not this
The company giveaways free samples to customers.
Use this
The company gives away free samples to customers.
giveaway 是名词，不能当动词用；表示“赠送”的动词短语是 give away（两个词），第三人称单数用 gives away。
Not this
The give away at the event was a free book.
Use this
The giveaway at the event was a free book.
表示“免费赠品”的名词是一个词 giveaway；give away（分开写）是动词短语，不能作主语或宾语。
Not this
There are many giveaway at the mall.
Use this
There are many giveaways at the mall.
giveaway 是可数名词，“许多赠品”要用复数形式 giveaways。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
暴露真相的明显迹象
The empty whiskey bottle on the floor was a dead giveaway that he had been drinking.
地板上的空威士忌酒瓶清楚地表明他喝过酒。
促销赠品
As a promotional giveaway, the store offered a reusable bag to the first fifty customers.
作为促销赠品，这家商店向前五十名顾客赠送了一个可重复使用的购物袋。
免费抽奖活动
She entered an online giveaway contest and won a year's supply of coffee.
她参加了一个在线免费抽奖活动，赢得了一年份的咖啡。
公共资源利益输送
The senator criticized the land transfer as a corporate giveaway that benefited only the developer.
这位参议员批评这项土地转让是只让开发商受益的利益输送。
明显的泄露；铁证般的线索
The empty bottle was a dead giveaway that someone had been drinking.
空酒瓶是有人曾喝酒的明显证据。
极低的价格；跳楼价
The shop is selling off its stock at giveaway prices.
这家商店正以跳楼价清仓。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 day, play)
Use giveaway naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
由give+away构成：把东西送出去是免费赠品，把秘密送出去就是泄漏。
语域：formal 常见场景：新闻报道、政治评论 这个义项多用于正式的政治或新闻语境，指政府将公共土地或资源低价或无偿转让给特定利益集团的行为，通常带有批评色彩，日常口语中较少使用。
这些 -way 结尾的词都读 /weɪ/，与 giveaway 的词尾 /weɪ/ 押韵。注意 giveaway 中的 give 读 /ɡɪv/，不要按拼写读成 /ɡaɪv/；give 或 forgive 等拼写相似词并不与 /weɪ/ 押韵。
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