promote

verb

1. make publicity for
try to sell (a product)

e.g. The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model
The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops

Synonym: advertiseadvertizepush

2. 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

3. be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

4. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

e.g. 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

Synonym: upgradeadvancekick upstairsraiseelevate

5. contribute to the progress or growth of

e.g. I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom

Synonym: advanceboostfurtherencourage

1. 促进；增进；提倡
If people promote something, they help or encourage it to happen, increase, or spread.

e.g. You don't have to sacrifice environmental protection to promote economic growth...
不必为了促进经济增长而牺牲环境保护。
e.g. In many ways, our society actively promotes alcoholism.
我们的社会从多个方面助长了酗酒的风气。

2. 促销；推广；推销
If a firm promotes a product, it tries to increase the sales or popularity of that product.

promote的反义词

e.g. Paul Weller has announced a full British tour to promote his second solo album.
保罗·韦勒已经宣布到英国巡演，以推广他的第二张专辑。
e.g. ...a special St Lucia week where the island could be promoted as a tourist destination.
在特殊的圣卢西亚活动周期间这个岛屿可以作为旅游胜地进行宣传推广

3. 晋升；提升；擢升
If someone is promoted, they are given a more important job or rank in the organization that they work for.

e.g. I was promoted to editor and then editorial director...
我先是被提升为编辑，然后又晋升为编务总监。
e.g. In fact, those people have been promoted.
事实上，那些人已经升职了。

4. 使（联赛队伍）升级
If a team that competes in a league is promoted, it starts competing in a higher division in the next season because it was one of the most successful teams in the lower division.

promote的近义词

e.g. Woodford Green won the Second Division title and are promoted to the First Division.
伍德福德格林队赢得了乙级联赛的冠军，成功升甲。

1. 提倡：我记得以前还在经建会服务的时候,我们在提倡(promote)区域金融中心-Regional Financial Center,我们有时候常常在问,你要有什麼样的条件(prerequisite)去变成一个区域金融中心(Regional Financial Center).

2. 提升：尽管当Domain中的PDC发生问题时,可以将一台BDC提升(Promote)为PDC,但DC(域控制器,包括PDC和BDC)和Member Server之间却不能相互转换,也就是说当安装了一个Server之后,如果想改变它的功能,重新确定它的角色,从DC变为Member Server,