Word · Frequency #15269
publicize
宣传；公开；公布
to make something known to the public; to attract attention to something
- 1.
call attention to
使受到关注
- 2.
make public
使公开
使受到关注；使公开；宣传
In use
The company plans to publicize its new product through social media campaigns.
The event was widely publicized in local newspapers.
She is publicizing the charity run by handing out flyers.
publicize sth
The company publicized the new product through social media.
该公司通过社交媒体宣传了新产品。
publicize that...
that从句作宾语
They publicized that the meeting would be postponed.
他们公开宣布会议将推迟。
publicize sth as sth
as引出补足语
The initiative was publicized as a major step forward.
该倡议被宣传为向前迈出的重要一步。
Verb forms
base publicize · third person publicizes · -ing publicizing · past publicized · past participle publicized
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Common mistakes
They public the news on social media.They publicize the news on social media.
错误：将形容词'public'误用作动词。正确动词应为'publicize'，意为'宣传'。
The company publicized about the new product.The company publicized the new product.
错误：'publicize'是及物动词，直接跟宾语，无需介词'about'。中文的'宣传关于...'导致介词冗余。
Connections
Collocations
- widely publicized
- 广泛宣传
- The event was widely publicized in local media.该活动在当地媒体上得到了广泛宣传。
- publicize an event
- 宣传一项活动
- They hired a PR firm to publicize the charity event.他们聘请了一家公关公司来宣传这次慈善活动。
- publicize a product
- 宣传产品
- The company launched a campaign to publicize its new product.公司发起了一场宣传新产品的活动。
- publicize a campaign
- 宣传一场运动
- Celebrities helped publicize the environmental campaign.名人帮助宣传了这场环保运动。
- publicize results
- 公布结果
- The research team will publicize the results next month.研究团队将于下个月公布结果。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
公众（public）加上动词后缀-ize，就是让公众知道，即宣传。
Context & Register
formal; contexts: media, advertising, public relations; 通常用于正式或专业场合，如新闻报道、广告宣传等。
Grammar Note
通常用于被动语态或后接宾语，如 publicize sth.
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the -ize spelling and the ending /aɪz/ sound, but their stressed vowels differ from /ʌ/ in 'publicize', so they are not exact rhymes.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，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。
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