n. 促進,增進;提升,升級;(商品等的)推廣;發揚;
?? pro向前+mot移動+ion名詞后綴 → 促進;升級
"This misbehaviour will certainly go against his chances of promotion."
違反軍規肯定會不利于他的升遷.
近義:preferment, advance, advancement, giveaway, headway, improvement
反義:relegating, relegation, degradation, downgrading, demotion
adj. 堅固的,堅牢的;堅定的,堅決的;嚴格的;確定的;
vt.& vi. 使堅固;使堅實;
n. 商號,商行;公司;企業;工作集體;
adv. 堅定地,穩固地;
vt. 使堅定,使牢固;
vi. 變堅實,變穩固;
?? firm =firm,表示”堅定,堅固”
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
這家公司現在已與當地一家公司合并了。
近義:office, bureau, business, company, concern, corporation
反義:astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly