promotion
/prəʊˈməʊʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- activity that supports or provides active encouragement for the furtherance of a cause, venture, or aim促进, 增进; 发扬; 提倡：
GPs have a vital role to play in health promotion.
普通医生对促进健康起着关键的作用。
1.1
- the publicization of a product, organization, or venture so as to increase sales or public awareness推销, 宣传。
1.2
- count noun a publicity campaign for a particular product, organization, or venture（为产品、组织、企业所作的）推销活动, 宣传活动：
the paper is reaping the rewards of a series of promotions.
该报由于一系列的推销活动而正取得回报。
1.3
- often as modifier
promotions
the activity or business of organizing such publicity or campaigns促销, 推销： she's the promotions manager for EMI.
她是EMI公司的销售经理。
1.4
- count noun a sporting event, especially a series of boxing matches, staged for profit（为获利而举办的）体育赛事（尤指系列拳击赛）：
a boxing promotion.
拳击系列比赛。
1.5
- Chemistry the action of promoting a catalyst【化】助催化。
2
- the action of raising someone to a higher position or rank or the fact of being so raised提拔, 晋升, 擢升：
majors designated for promotion to lieutenant colonel
选定要晋升为陆军中校的少校
count noun a promotion to Divisional Sales Director.提升为地区销售部主任。
2.1
- the transfer of a sports team to a higher division of a league（运动队的）晋级：
they won promotion last season.
他们在上一赛季晋级。
词源
late Middle English (in sense 2)： via Old French from Latin promotio（n-），from promovere 'move forward' （see PROMOTE）.