英语词汇“promote”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

promotepromote /prəˈmoʊt/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYpromote

Origin: 1300-1400 Latin, past participle of promovere to move forward

VERB TABLE

promote

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	promote
	he, she, it	promotes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	promoted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have promoted
	he, she, it	has promoted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had promoted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will promote
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have promoted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am promoting
	he, she, it	is promoting
	you, we, they	are promoting
Past	I, he, she, it	was promoting
	you, we, they	were promoting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been promoting
	he, she, it	has been promoting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been promoting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be promoting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been promoting

1to help something to develop and be successful: The council should do more to promote recycling. an exercise that promotes flexibility2[usually passive] to give someone a better and more responsible job in a company OPP demote: promote somebody to something Verdon was promoted to senior manager.3to make sure people know about a new product, movie, etc., especially by offering it at a reduced price or by advertising it: a national tour to promote her new book4to try to persuade people to believe or support an idea or way of doing things: Allen goes to schools to promote his anti-drug message.5to be responsible for arranging a large public event such as a concert or a sports game [Origin: 1300–1400 Latin, past participle of promovere to move forward]