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promote
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🇺🇸 /pɹʌmˈoʊt/
🇬🇧 /pɹəˈməʊt/
表示把人、事物或行动向前推、向上提:可指升职升级,也可指宣传推广或促成某事。
💡 记忆钩子
把某人或某事“往前推、往上推”是这个词的核心画面:把员工推到更高职位,就是升职;把产品或主张推到公众面前,就是宣传推广;把人推去采取行动,就是促成。体育中的晋级、教育阶段的升读,以及国际象棋中兵升变,都是“被推到更高阶段”的延伸。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“升职”和“宣传推广”两个核心义项,再学习“促成、晋级”等延伸义。
- 不要把它只理解成“提升职位”;谈产品、活动或观点时,它常表示通过宣传使其获得关注。
📖 中文释义
verb
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core 升职;晋升📖 把某人提升到更重要、责任更大或薪酬更高的职位或级别,就像把他推到更高的位置。💡 常用结构是“promote somebody to a position/rank”,职位前通常用“to”连接。这个义项适用于工作和组织中的正式晋升;不要误说“promote somebody as”来表示升任某职。transitiveThe company promoted Maya to regional manager.公司把玛雅提拔为区域经理。
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core 宣传;推广;倡导📖 把产品、活动、观点或某人推到公众面前,使更多人注意、接受或购买;因此既可以是广告推广,也可以是公开倡导。💡 常见结构是“promote + 产品/活动/观点”,也可说“promote something through social media”。它比单纯的“介绍”更强调扩大影响或促成支持;不要把它只译成“晋升”。transitiveThe museum is promoting its summer exhibition online.这家博物馆正在网上推广夏季展览。She promotes equal access to education.她倡导人人都能平等接受教育。
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common 促使;促成📖 推动某人采取行动,或促成某种结果;这里推的不是职位,而是行动本身。💡 常见结构是“promote somebody to do something”或“promote the development/use of something”。这个义项较正式,常用于说明某种做法带来的推动作用;表示直接命令某人时,不要优先用它代替“让”或“叫”。transitiveThe new rules promote people to save more energy.新规定促使人们节约更多能源。
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common 晋级;升入更高联赛📖 赛季结束后,把球队推入更高一级的联赛;通常说球队“被晋级”。💡 最常见结构是“be promoted to + 联赛或级别”,也可以说“win promotion to”。这个义项主要出现在体育报道中,通常用被动语态;不要把它和单场比赛获胜混为一谈。passive regionalAfter a dramatic final, the club was promoted to the top division.经过一场扣人心弦的决赛后,这家俱乐部晋级到了顶级联赛。
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rare 提高催化剂活性📖 在化学中,通过改变催化剂表面结构来提高其促进反应的能力;这是“增强推动作用”的专业延伸。💡 常见结构是“promote the activity of a catalyst”。它属于化学专业语境,通常与“催化剂活性、表面结构”等术语连用;日常语境中不要用这个义项解释普通的“推广”。transitive
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rare 兵升变📖 国际象棋中,兵到达棋盘最远一排后,换成后、车、象或马等更高价值的棋子。💡 常见结构是“promote a pawn to a queen/rook/bishop/knight”。这个义项只用于国际象棋规则,通常说明兵到达底线后的变化;不要把一般的棋子移动也叫作此词。transitive
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rare 升读下一教育阶段📖 在新加坡等地区的教育用语中,指学生完成一个阶段后升入下一个阶段,是“进入更高阶段”的地区性用法。💡 常见结构是“promote to + 教育阶段”,也可不及物地说学生直接升读下一阶段。它主要是新加坡英语用法,其他英语地区通常说“move on to”或“advance to”;正式交流中要留意地区差异。Singapore intransitive
promotes
present,singular,third-person
promoting
participle,present
promoted
participle,past
promoted
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 5 组
make publicity for; try to sell (a product);
同义词集:
advertise
advertize
promote
push
The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model
The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops
上位: praise
下位: agitate, bill, campaign, crusade, fight, plug, press, push
change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent
同义词集:
promote
上位: play
下位: queen
be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
同义词集:
promote
上位: change
下位: queen
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; ;
同义词集:
promote
upgrade
advance
kick upstairs
raise
elevate
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
反义: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
上位: assign, delegate, depute, designate
下位: ennoble, entitle, favor, favour, gentle, prefer, tenure
contribute to the progress or growth of
同义词集:
promote
advance
boost
further
encourage
I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
上位: back up, support
下位: carry, conduce, contribute, feed, foster, further, help, lead, spur
🌳 词源
源自拉丁语,原意与“向前推动、推进”有关。
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *pro-
Proto-Italic *pro-
Latin prō-
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin moveō
Latin prōmoveō
Latin prōmōtusbor.
English promote
From Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”).
🔄 变式
promoted
past
promotes
present
promoting
present
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