infomercial

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in·fo·mer·cial /ˈɪnfəʊmɜːʃəl $ -foʊmɜːr-/ noun [countable]  AMTa long television advertisement that provides a lot of information and seems like a normal programme 商品信息电视片，专题广告片〔这类广告提供大量信息，看似普通的电视节目〕

Examples from the Corpus

infomercial• But the public turns off when all they see is an infomercial.• Most of us are, at least in a hall that big, and on a nationally broadcast infomercial.• His little movie is like a classy infomercial for Shakespeare.• Her work recently included the trial of convicted infomercial stars William and Chantal McCorkle trial.• What they get from infomercials is simplification in administration, collection and sales.• So marketers are turning to half-hour infomercials carried through the countryside in video vans.• Cable channels began broadcasting the 30-minute infomercial in April.• I find this hard to believe, because the infomercials are so unabashedly enthusiastic about the process of selling.• She, too, dispenses wisdom via infomercial.From Longman Business Dictionaryinfomercialin‧fo‧mer‧cial /ˈɪnfəʊmɜːʃəl-foʊmɜːr-/ noun [countable]MARKETING a television or radio advertisement made to look and sound like a real programme, often a financial news report or an advice showOrigin infomercial (1900-2000) information + commercial

in·fo·mer·cial nounChineseSyllable  

long a provides that advertisement a Corpus television Business

infomercial
in‧fo‧mer‧cial /ˈɪnfəʊmɜːʃəl $ -foʊmɜːr-/ noun [countable]a long television advertisement that provides a lot of information and seems like a normal programme

info·mer·cialBrE /ˌɪnfəʊˈmɜːʃl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɪnfoʊˈmɜːrʃl/ 🔊 noun (especially NAmE) a long advertisement on television that tries to give a lot of information about a subject, so that it does not appear to be an advertisement （电视上的）商业信息片，资讯广告节目

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