ar‧ti‧cle S2 W1 / ɑtɪk ə l $ ɑr- / 名词 [可数名词]
1 newspaper/magazine a piece of writing about a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine
article on/about
an article on environmental issues
The paper’s leading article (= the main article ) described the government as weak.
newspaper articles
2 object formal a thing, especially one of a group of things 同义词 item :
household articles
She only took a few articles of clothing with her.
3 law a part of a law or legal agreement that deals with a particular point :
Article 1 of the constitution guarantees freedom of religion.
4 grammar technical a word used before a 名词 to show whether the 名词 refers to a particular example of something or to a general example of something. In English, ‘the’ is called the definite article and ‘a’ and ‘an’ are called the indefinite article.
5 articles British English an agreement by which someone finishes their training, especially as a lawyer, by working for a company
6 an article of faith something that you feel very strongly about so that it affects how you think or behave
COLLOCATIONS
NOUN + newspaper
a newspaper article He writes newspaper articles in the Guardian.
a magazine article The couple talked frankly about their joy at having a new baby in a magazine article published yesterday.
a feature article (= one about a particular subject ) I wrote a few feature articles on sporting events.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + article
a good/excellent/interesting article There was an interesting article on Russia in the paper today.
the leading/lead article (= the main article ) Look at this leading article from Newsweek’s business section.
a front-page article The protest followed a front-page article in the Herald three weeks ago.
an in-depth article (= one that is detailed ) Each issue contains in-depth articles and photographs.
动词
write/do an article The Times have asked me if I will do an article on the election.
read/see an article It was good to see such an intelligent article on censorship.
publish/carry/run an article (= print it in a newspaper or magazine ) The magazine carried an article on the dangers of being overweight.
an article appears in a newspaper/magazine A couple of articles appeared in local papers, but nothing else.
THESAURUS
article a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine about a particular subject : Greg began his career writing articles for the college magazine. | an interesting newspaper article
story an article in a newspaper about a recent event, especially one that a lot of people find interesting or exciting : a front-page story | I read a newspaper story about the crash. | The local paper ran a story (= published a story ) about the festival.
piece a short article in a newspaper or magazine : I’ve written a couple of pieces for the New York Times magazine. | The piece was first published in the Observer.
feature a special article about a particular subject, often with photographs and continuing for several pages : They had a special feature on Croatia. | The paper did a big feature on growing your own food.
review an article in a newspaper or magazine about a book, play, product, hotel etc, giving someone’s opinion of it : The play had rave reviews (= people liked it a lot - an informal use ) . | Did you see the review of the new Coldplay album?
column an article by a particular writer that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine : He has a weekly column in the TImes. | She writes a newspaper column on gardening.
editorial a piece of writing in a newspaper that gives the personal opinion of the editor about something that is in the news : Several years ago the New York Times published an editorial stating that the appropriate minimum wage is $0.00.
cutting British English an article that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine : His mother has kept all his old press cuttings.