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