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