promotion

英 [prəˈməʊʃn]

美 [prəˈmoʊʃn]

n. 提升; 提拔; 晋升; (体育运动队的)晋级，升级; 促销活动; 广告宣传

复数：promotions　

Oxford 3000 / BNC.2334 / COCA.3786

牛津词典

noun

提升；提拔；晋升
a move to a more important job or rank in a company or an organization
1. Her promotion to Sales Manager took everyone by surprise.
  竟然提拔她当销售经理，叫每个人都感到意外。
2. The new job is a promotion for him.
  这一新职务对他是擢升。
3. a job with excellent promotion prospects
  有充分晋升机会的职务
（体育运动队的）晋级，升级
a move by a sports team from playing in one group of teams to playing in a better group
1. the team's promotion to the First Division
  这个球队晋升为甲级队
促销活动；广告宣传
activities done in order to increase the sales of a product or service; a set of advertisements for a particular product or service
1. Her job is mainly concerned with sales and promotion.
  她的工作主要是销售和广告宣传方面的。
2. We are doing a special promotion of Chilean wines.
  我们正在进行智利葡萄酒特别促销活动。
推广；促进
activity that encourages people to believe in the value or importance of sth, or that helps sth to succeed
1. a society for the promotion of religious tolerance
  一个促进宗教包容的团体

N-VAR 晋升；升职；提升；擢升
If you are givenpromotionor apromotionin your job, you are given a more important job or rank in the organization that you work for.
1. Consider changing jobs or trying for promotion.
  考虑换个工作或者争取升职。
2. ...rewarding outstanding employees with promotions to higher-paid posts.
  将出色的员工提升到薪水更高的职位作为奖励
See also:During 1984, Remington spent a lot of money on advertising and promotion...Ask about special promotions and weekend deals too.promote

noun

act of raising in rank or position
the advancement of some enterprise
1. his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career
Synonym:forwardingfurtherance
a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
1. the packaging of new ideas
Synonym:publicitypromotional materialpackaging
encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
Synonym:furtheranceadvancement

His job is the discovery and promotion of new artists.
他的任务就是发现并推出艺术新人。
You can kiss that promotion goodbye, after the way you talked to her.
你既然跟她这么谈了，你提升的事就别再想了。
She felt that her husband's unexpected promotion foreshortened his life.
她感觉丈夫的意外升迁缩短了他的人生。
Last year Oxbridge graduates accounted for 41% of entrants to the civil service's fast stream to promotion.
去年加入快速晋职队伍的新公务员中，牛津和剑桥大学的毕业生占了41%。
She is bucking for a promotion.
她正在努力争取升职。
During 1984, Remington spent a lot of money on advertising and promotion
1984年，雷明顿公司在广告和促销方面花费了大量的资金。
Karl is in line for a promotion.
卡尔将获得晋升。
Independent thinkers are shunted into minor jobs or refused promotion.
见解独到的人士要么被调往次要的岗位，要么就不被提升。
I didn't think through the consequences of promotion
我没有把晋升带来的所有后果都考虑清楚。
'You're a good worker, boy,' he told him. 'I'll recommend you for a promotion.'
“你是个好员工，孩子，”他告诉他，“我将推荐你升职。”