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promote

英 [prə'məʊt] 美[prə'mot]
  • vt. 促进;提升;推销;发扬
  • vi. 成为王后或其他大于卒的子

英英释意


1. contribute to the progress or growth of;
"I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
2. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position;
"John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"
"Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"
"I got promoted after many years of hard work"
3. make publicity for; try to sell (a product);
"The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"
"The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
4. be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
5. change a pawn for a king by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it the row closest to your opponent