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The personals are the part of a newspaper — and later of a website — where people pay to print a short private message: looking for a date, a roommate, a lost cat, or “if you were the woman in the red coat on the train…” They are also called personal ads.
The personals are the part of a newspaperpersonals原本是報紙的一個版面—— and later of a website後來也出現在網站上—— where people pay to print a short private message是人們付費刊登簡短私人訊息的地方： looking for a date, a roommate, a lost cat像是徵友、找室友、找走失的貓， or “if you were the woman in the red coat on the train…”或是「如果你是那天火車上穿紅外套的女生⋯⋯」 They are also called personal ads也叫做personal ads。
In older American papers, “the personals” were a known corner, a mix of lonely-hearts notes and tiny classifieds.
In older American papers在比較舊的美國報紙裡， “the personals” were a known corner「the personals」是一個固定版面， a mix of lonely-hearts notes and tiny classifieds混雜了徵友啟事和各種小分類廣告。
The word is almost always plural in this meaning.
The word is almost always plural in this meaning這個字在這個意思下幾乎總是用複數形。
Young readers may meet it more in films set in the past, because a lot of this has moved to apps. Though actually, the tone can be sweet, funny, or a little sad; it is not only about romance.
Young readers may meet it more in films set in the past年輕讀者可能比較會在描寫過去年代的電影裡遇到這個字， because a lot of this has moved to apps因為現在很多這類事情都搬到交友軟體上去了。 Though actually不過實際上， the tone can be sweet, funny, or a little sad語氣可以是甜蜜的、好笑的，或有點傷感的； it is not only about romance不是只跟愛情有關。
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
personalsnoun
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rarePersonal matters; matters which are peculiar or proper to private concerns.
- "A pardon, Mr. Preston! Ah! A pardon, please!" the Englishman apologized at once. "I say, I did not intend to pry into personals, really," he protested. "And really, you know," he continued, "if you see how I meant it, it was not personal after all," he argued.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。