Promote

[prə'məʊt] or [prə'mot]

解释:

(verb.) 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.

(verb.) be changed for a superior chess or checker piece.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) contribute to the progress or growth of; 'I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom'.

艾丽萨校对--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture.

(v. t.) To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.

(v. i.) To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.

艾娜录入

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Forward, advance, further, encourage, help, assist.[2]. Elevate, exalt, raise, prefer.

手打:所罗门

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Aid, further, advance, excite, exalt, raise, elevate, prefer

ANT:Discourage, repress, hinder, check, allay, depress, degrade, dishonor

校对:莎娜

解释:

v.t. to move forward: to help on the growth or improvement of anything: to advance: to further: to encourage: to raise to a higher position: to elevate.—ns. Promō′ter; Promō′tion the act of promoting: advancement in rank or in honour: encouragement: preferment.—adj. Promō′tive.—Be on one's promotion to have right or hope of promotion: to be on good behaviour with a view to chances of promotion.

整理:蒂娜