How do you use "broadcast" in a sentence?

The football match will be broadcast live on BBC One tonight. The emergency broadcast warned residents about the approaching storm. They broadcast the concert simultaneously on radio and television.

broadcast

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Meaning: To transmit a programme on radio or television; the programme itself

广播，播放；广播节目

transmitir, emitir; emisión

放送する；放送番組

방송하다; 방송 프로그램

Broadcast refers to transmitting audio or video content via radio, television, or the internet for public reception. As a noun, it means the programme or transmission itself. The word can also be used more broadly to mean spreading information widely, as in 'she broadcast the news to everyone.'

Broadcast指通过广播、电视或互联网传输音频或视频内容供公众接收。作为名词，它指节目或传输本身。这个词也可以更广泛地用于表示广泛传播信息，如'she broadcast the news to everyone'（她把消息传播给每个人）。

Broadcast se refiere a transmitir contenido de audio o video a través de radio, televisión o internet para recepción pública. Como sustantivo, significa el programa o la transmisión en sí. La palabra también puede usarse más ampliamente para significar difundir información ampliamente.

Broadcastは、ラジオ、テレビ、またはインターネットを通じてオーディオやビデオコンテンツを公衆に向けて送信することを指します。名詞としては、番組や送信そのものを意味します。この言葉は、「彼女はみんなにニュースを広めた」のように、情報を広く伝えるという意味でより広く使われることもあります。

Broadcast는 라디오, 텔레비전 또는 인터넷을 통해 대중이 수신할 수 있도록 오디오나 비디오 콘텐츠를 송출하는 것을 말합니다. 명사로는 프로그램이나 방송 자체를 의미합니다. 'she broadcast the news to everyone(그녀는 모든 사람에게 소식을 퍼뜨렸다)'처럼 정보를 널리 알리다는 의미로도 사용됩니다.

Examples

The football match will be broadcast live on BBC One tonight.
足球比赛今晚将在BBC One频道现场直播。
El partido de fútbol se transmitirá en vivo en BBC One esta noche.
サッカーの試合は今夜BBC Oneで生放送されます。
축구 경기는 오늘 밤 BBC One에서 생중계됩니다.
The emergency broadcast warned residents about the approaching storm.
紧急广播警告居民即将来临的风暴。
La emisión de emergencia advirtió a los residentes sobre la tormenta que se aproximaba.
緊急放送は、接近する嵐について住民に警告しました。
긴급 방송은 다가오는 폭풍에 대해 주민들에게 경고했습니다.
They broadcast the concert simultaneously on radio and television.
他们同时在广播和电视上播放了这场音乐会。
Transmitieron el concierto simultáneamente por radio y televisión.
彼らはコンサートをラジオとテレビで同時に放送しました。
그들은 콘서트를 라디오와 텔레비전으로 동시에 방송했습니다.

Pronunciation

Usage Guide

Context: general

Tone: neutral

Origin & History

Originally an agricultural term meaning 'to scatter seed widely', compound of 'broad' + 'cast' (to throw). The radio/TV sense was adopted in the 1920s by analogy — sending signals out broadly, like scattering seed.

Cultural Context

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal

Story & Trivia

The term 'broadcast' originally came from farming, meaning to scatter seeds widely across a field by hand. When radio emerged in the 1920s, the word was adopted to describe the wide scattering of signals through the air to reach many listeners simultaneously.