vt.
1. 提升；升級；升遷：
He worked hard and was soon promoted.
他工作努力，很快就獲得提升。
2. 促進；增進；發揚；提倡：
to promote what is right
提倡(或發揚)正確的東西
3. [美國英語]宣傳；推銷(商品等)：
We launch a big advertising campaign to promote our new toothpaste.
我們發動了壹場聲勢浩大的廣告宣傳攻勢，旨在推銷新型牙膏。
4. 使 (學生)升級：
to be promoted to the next grade
升到下壹年級
5. 籌劃，發起，創立：
to promote a basketball match
籌劃壹次籃球比賽
6. 促使(法律、議案等) 通過：
to promote a bill in Parliament
促使壹項法案在議會中通過
7. 化學使(催化劑)更活潑
8. 國際象棋使(卒)升格(為王後等)
9. [美國俚語](用不正的手段)獲得，騙取：
to be able to promote a bottle of wine
能夠搞到壹瓶酒
vi.
1. 國際象棋成為王後或其他大於卒的子：
A pawn automatically promotes when it reaches the eighth rank.
卒子在到達第八橫格時自動升級。
2. [廢語]告發某人
3. [廢語]煽動某人(去爭吵等)
近義詞:
advance .
變形:
vt.promotedpromoting
promote [pr?u'm?ut]
v.
1. contribute to the progress or growth of
2. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
I got promoted after many years of hard work
3. make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
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