broadcast

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broad·cast1 /ˈbrɔːdkɑːst $ ˈbrɒːdkæst/ noun [countableC]

TCBTELEVISION/RADIOa programme on the radio or on television 广播节目；电视节目

a news broadcast

一档新闻节目

CNN’s live broadcast of the trial (=sent out at the same time as the events are happening)

美国有线电视新闻网对这场庭审的现场直播

n COLLOCATIONS

types of broadcast

a radio/television broadcast

The president addressed the nation in a television broadcast.

a satellite broadcast

The match was shown live in a world-wide satellite broadcast.

a news broadcast

The BBC's evening news broadcast was interrupted.

a party political broadcast (=a short television advertisement made by a political party)

How are party political broadcasts funded?

an election broadcast (=shown before an election to persuade people to vote for a party)

a Labour party election broadcast

a live broadcast (=shown or heard as it is happening)

a live television broadcast from Beijing

an Internet broadcast

An Internet broadcast can reach a truly global audience.

verbs

make/do a broadcast

He made a long broadcast over the radio.

give a broadcast

The prime minister gave a television broadcast to the country at 10:15.

Examples from the Corpus

broadcast• The government has banned all broadcasts by opposition groups.• The exciting thing about the show is that it's a live broadcast and anything can happen.• My daily Radio Column covered a wide spectrum of programme interests, a large part of which was concerned with local broadcasts.• Meyer had no broadcasting experience when he created Midwest Television.• All radio broadcasts and church publications continue to be closely monitored by the government.• Chamberlain's dramatic radio broadcast announcing the Declaration of War in 1939.• Old photographs, and some archive film footage or earlier radio broadcasts would also be included, depending on the period being studied.• From 1969 he composed music for his own groups formed for recordings, broadcasts and tours.• Federal law prohibits the broadcast from being recorded.• In a nationwide TV broadcast, the prime minister explained why he was resigning.

live broadcast• With technology what it is, the promise was there for more live broadcast coverage than in the history of the Olympics.• Liberal politicians paraded through the studios, providing soundbites that were instantly fed into the live broadcasts.• As everyone who has watched the live broadcast remembers, El Comandante spoke for fifty-five minutes.• The activity centres around the big top in Stockton High Street offering free all day entertainment with live broadcasts and personal appearances.

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broadcast2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp broadcast)

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TCB to send out radio or television programmes 广播；播送

The interview was broadcast live across Europe.

这次采访向整个欧洲进行了现场直播。

2 [transitiveT]PUBLICIZE/MAKE KNOWN to tell something to a lot of people 使广为传播，散布

Don’t broadcast the fact that he lost his job.

不要到处去散布他丢了工作的事。

Examples from the Corpus

broadcast• There they would force Khomeini to negotiate a deal and to broadcast it to the people.• The whole race will be broadcast live from Monza.• Radio WXLM broadcasts on 98.2 FM.• He will speak to radio shows that broadcast over a tin can and lengths of string.• The interview was broadcast Sunday on "Face the Nation."• The funeral was broadcast to the whole nation.• Don't go broadcasting what I've told you all over the office.

broadcast live• CBS will broadcast the championship game live.• More television work came with an episode of Emergency Ward 10, then broadcast live.• When these pictures were broadcast live across international television screens, it was obvious that the issue was misogyny, not theology.• A commentary of the day's activities will be broadcast live across North Staffordshire by Hospital Radio.• The programme will be broadcast live from Banbury School in Oxfordshire.• Capital Radio's Kid Jensen will broadcast live from the ship while it is in London.• The session started early and finished late, and was broadcast live on all cable news channels.• Sky will broadcast live Premier League matches on Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings.• At the same time a reforestation telethon will be broadcast live via satellite and by radio around the world.