Word · Frequency #20994
giveaway
免费赠品
something that is given away free, especially a promotional item
- 1.
Something that is given away or handed out for free.
免费赠送的东西；赠品。
- 2.
a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group
为少数群体的私人利益而赠送的公共土地或资源
- 3.
An event at which things are given away for free.
免费发放物品的活动。
- 4.
an unintentional disclosure
无意的泄露
- 5.
The act of giving something away for free.
免费赠送的行为；白送。
- 6.
a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards
参赛者竞争奖品的电视或广播节目
- 7.
An indicator that makes something obvious or apparent.
暴露真相的线索；破绽。
泄漏；利益输送；免费赠送的东西；赠品。；为少数群体的私人利益而赠送的公共土地或资源；免费发放物品的活动。
In use
We received a small giveaway at the trade fair, a keychain with the company logo.
The supermarket's giveaway this week is a set of reusable shopping bags.
They handed out promotional giveaways at the concert to draw more young fans.
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。
offer a giveaway
The store offered a giveaway with every purchase.
这家商店每笔消费都附赠一份赠品。
come as a giveaway
giveaway 表示“免费赠品”时为可数名词，复数形式为 giveaways。
Connections
Collocations
- dead giveaway
- 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。
- promotional giveaway
- 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。
- giveaway contest
- 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。
- corporate giveaway
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a dead giveaway
- 明显的泄露；铁证般的线索
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.