They advertised goods (as being) for sale.

【翻译】他们为推销产品而做广告。

作为及物动词，advertise有如下句型或用法：

1. advertise + 宾语 + 介词短语（介词短语作目的状语）：

The company advertised goods for sale.

这家公司为推销产品而做广告。

They advertised a house for rent in the newspapers.

他们在报纸上登广告出租房屋。

2. advertise + 宾语 + as + 名词（as 短语作宾补）

The travel agency advertised the cruise as the journey of a lifetime.

旅行社把这次航行宣传为“终生难得的旅行”。

3. advertise + 宾语 + as + 现在分词（as 短语作宾补）：

These tyres are advertised as being everlasting.

广告上说轮胎持久耐用。

Ironically, the Titanic was advertised as being unsinkable.

讽刺的是，泰坦尼克号曾被宣传为不会沉没的船。

4. advertise + 宾语 + as + 过去分词（as 短语作宾补）：

They advertised their child as lost in the newspaper.

他们在报上刊登走失小孩的启事。

5. advertise + that 从句：

They advertised that they had a used car for sale. 他们做广告说有一辆旧汽车要卖。