To promote, to move someone up in an organization, usually because she has done a good job.

We are going to promote her to manager.

If we don't promote him, he will probably be upset.

The opposite of promote is demote.

(It looks like we promoted him too soon, because he can't do the job.)

(I don't think she deserves a promotion yet, but her boss is insisting that we give it to her.)

主系表結(jié)構(gòu)匣摘，doing后是表語拧廊，表現(xiàn)一種狀態(tài)，一直處于這樣的狀態(tài)

promote? ?v.促進(jìn); 推動; 促銷; 推銷; 提升; 晉升;

demote??v.使降級脐彩，使降職，使降低地位(常作為懲罰);

To transfer, to move someone or something from one place to another.

The company is going to transfer him to Shanghai next month.

She doesn't want to be transferred because her husband is against moving to another city.

(He likes working for us, but he wants to be transferred to a different place with the company.)

(She won't agree to be transferred unless we give her a promotion and a salary increase.)

transfer?v.(使) 轉(zhuǎn)移，搬遷; (使) 調(diào)動; 轉(zhuǎn)職; 轉(zhuǎn)學(xué); 改變(環(huán)境); 轉(zhuǎn)移(感情); 傳染(疾病); 讓與扎狱，轉(zhuǎn)讓(權(quán)力等);

To motivate, to get someone interested and excited about doing something.

She is really good at motivating her employees.

One way to motivate someone is to encourage them by giving constructive feedback.

We need to motivate people more not to demotivate them by reducing benefits.

(He's no fool, so giving him an award without an increase in salary won't motivate him.)

(They aren't working hard enough because they aren't being motivated.)

motivate??v.成為…的動機(jī); 是…的原因; 推動…甘愿苦干; 激勵; 激發(fā); (就所說的話) 給出理由; 說明…的原因;

constructive??adj.建設(shè)性的; 有助益的; 積極的;

feedback? ??n.反饋的意見(或信息); (電器的) 反饋噪音;

demotivate? ?v.使失去動力; 使變得消極;

reduce? ?v.減少，縮小(尺寸勃教、數(shù)量淤击、價格等); (使) 蒸發(fā); 減輕體重; 節(jié)食;

he is no fool??no為副詞,在此譯為絕不. 副詞前不能接量詞? ? he is not a fool

no fool? ?絕不傻

To postpone, to delay or put off something into a?later?date.

We had to postpone the presentation because she wasn't ready to give it.

We can't continue to postpone the meeting or they will cancel it completely.

We have no choice but to postpone the test because the weather conditions aren't right.

(They are asking to postpone making their payment, so we may decide to cancel the contract.)? ? ?要求延遲付款

postpone? ?v.延遲; 延期; 展緩;

delayv.延遲; 延期; 推遲; 使遲到; 使耽擱; 使拖延;

put off[詞典]推遲; 拖延; 敷衍; 搪塞; 使反感; 使失去興趣; 使分心; 攪擾;

later date??網(wǎng)絡(luò)晚些時候;

later?adj.后來的; 以后的; 接近末期的; 晚年的;

To evade, to escape or avoid something.

They are trying to evade taking responsibility for their failure.

(The hackers broke into the computer and evaded detection until it was too late to catch them.)

(They can’t evade paying the import tax or they will lose their license to do business in that country.)

evade? ??v.逃脫; 躲開; 躲避; 逃避，規(guī)避(尤指法律或道德責(zé)任); 回避荣回，避開(處理或談?wù)撃呈?;

hacker??n.黑客(秘密窺視或改變他人計(jì)算機(jī)系統(tǒng)信息);

detection??n.偵查; 探測; 察覺; 發(fā)現(xiàn);

To promote someone means to give them a higher level job.

Giving someone constructive feedback is one way to motivate them.

When he didn't get his bonus he was really demotivated, so the quality of his work went down.

He was arrested for tax evasion.

bonus? ?n.獎金; 紅利; 意外收獲;

evasion? ?n.躲避; 規(guī)避; 逃避; 回避; 遁詞; 借口; 托詞;