promotion

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1 [countableC, uncountableU]BOUP a move to a more important job or position in a company or organization 擢升，提升，晋升

I want a job with good prospects for promotion.

我想要一份有良好晋升机会的工作。

promotion to

Your promotion to Senior Editor is now official.

现在你被正式提升为高级编辑。

2 [countableC, uncountableU]BBA an activity intended to help sell a product, or the product that is being promoted 〔产品的〕促销，推销；促销[推销]的产品

a winter sales promotion

冬季促销活动

► see thesaurus at advertisement

3 [uncountableU]BBA the activity of persuading people to support something 提倡，倡导

promotion of

the promotion of energy conservation

提倡能源节约

4 [uncountableU]HELP the activity of helping something to develop or increase 促进，增进

promotion of

the promotion of international environmental cooperation

增进国际间的环境合作

5. [uncountableU] British EnglishBrEDS when a sports team moves into a better group of teams 〔运动队的〕晋级，升级 OPP relegation

Examples from the Corpus

promotion• She got a promotion last year.• Renee won a year's supply of chocolate as part of a promotion for the candy maker.• Young males in particular were keener on high pay and promotion than older people, and less concerned with security or job satisfaction.• Civil service tests determine promotion in government jobs.• And more men are turning down promotion or relocation in order to give more time to their families.• He pushed aside the civilian Junta using it only to give decent sanction to new promotions.• What are my chances of promotion if I stay here?• Robbie Williams arrived in New York to do a week of promotion for his new record.• Having a special offer or promotion?• The author was signing copies of his new book as a part of the publisher's promotion campaign.• They ran a sales promotion scheme in which a World Cup coin was given away with every four gallons of petrol purchased.• The Association sought to show that the restrictions in the agreement were indeed indispensable to the promotion of technical or economic progress.• With the promotion came a $3,890 raise.• the promotion of solar energy• the promotion of women's rights

promotion to• Cooper announced the promotion of Moore to vice chairman.

From Longman Business Dictionary

promotionpro·mo·tion /prəˈməʊʃən-ˈmoʊ-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

(also sales promotion)MARKETING an activity such as special advertisements or free gifts intended to sell a product or service

ABC has announced a joint promotion with Miller Lite.

Penney has increased its sales promotion with direct mail.

A special promotion in January produced a spectacular rise in profits.

—promotional adjectiveadj [only before a noun]

the use by cigarette companies ofpromotional giveaways (=free gifts)

advertising and promotional literature

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