promote
/prəˈməʊt/
v.
一句话记住
促进;推动;宣传;提升;晋升
释义与例句
v.
促进;推动;宣传
to support or encourage the growth or development of something, or to publicise a product or event
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The campaign aims to promote healthy eating among children.
这场活动旨在促进儿童健康饮食。
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The two countries agreed to promote closer economic ties.
两国同意推动更紧密的经济联系。
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The band used social media to promote its new album.
这支乐队利用社交媒体宣传新专辑。
v.
提升;晋升
to move someone to a more important job or a higher rank
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She was promoted to senior manager last year.
她去年被晋升为高级经理。
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He was promoted after successfully leading the project.
他因成功领导这个项目而获得晋升。
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The company promotes employees on the basis of performance.
这家公司根据工作表现提拔员工。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
pro-(向前)+ mot(移动)可联想为“推动向前”;表示晋升通常用被动 be promoted to a position。
词族与关联词
同根词(同一个词根长出来的词)
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emotion 情感;情绪She tried to hide the emotion in her voice. 她试图掩饰声音中的情绪。
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motion 运动;移动;动作The motion of the waves rocked the small boat. 海浪的运动使小船摇晃起来。
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move 移动;搬动;使感动Please move your bag so that others can sit down. 请挪一下你的包,好让别人坐下。
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movement 移动;活动;(社会、政治)运动The sensor detects any movement near the entrance. 这个传感器能探测到入口附近的任何移动。
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remove 移走;去除;撤销Please remove your shoes before entering the room. 进入房间前请脱鞋。
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
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promotion 晋升;促销;推广名词,可指职位提升、促进某事的活动或产品宣传促销。
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promotional 宣传推广的;促销的形容词,常用于 promotional material(宣传材料)或 promotional offer(促销优惠)。
同义词
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encourage 鼓励;促进promote 指积极支持、推动某事发展,也可指宣传或晋升;encourage 更强调给予信心、支持或劝说某人采取行动。The scheme encourages people to use public transport. 这项计划鼓励人们使用公共交通。
反义词
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discourage 阻止;使气馁;不鼓励promote 指支持或促进某事;discourage 指通过制造困难、表示不赞成等方式使人不愿做某事,也可指使某人失去信心。High charges may discourage visitors from using the car park. 高额收费可能会使游客不愿使用这个停车场。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
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advertise 为……做广告;宣传promote 泛指促进、推广、宣传或晋升;advertise 专指通过付费广告或公开通知宣传商品、服务、活动或职位,不能表示晋升。The company advertised the vacancy in several newspapers. 这家公司在几家报纸上刊登了招聘广告。
常见搭配
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promote growth 促进增长The policy is intended to promote growth in rural areas. 这项政策旨在促进农村地区的增长。
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promote a product 推广产品A well-known athlete was hired to promote the product. 公司聘请了一位知名运动员推广这款产品。
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be promoted to 被晋升为After five years, she was promoted to head of department. 五年后,她被晋升为部门负责人。