n. 促进,增进;提升,升级;(商品等的)推广;发扬;
💡 pro向前+mot移动+ion名词后缀 → 促进;升级
"This misbehaviour will certainly go against his chances of promotion."
违反军规肯定会不利于他的升迁.
近义:preferment, advance, advancement, giveaway, headway, improvement
反义:relegating, relegation, degradation, downgrading, demotion
adj. 坚固的,坚牢的;坚定的,坚决的;严格的;确定的;
vt.& vi. 使坚固;使坚实;
n. 商号,商行;公司;企业;工作集体;
adv. 坚定地,稳固地;
vt. 使坚定,使牢固;
vi. 变坚实,变稳固;
💡 firm =firm,表示”坚定,坚固”
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
这家公司现在已与当地一家公司合并了。
近义:office, bureau, business, company, concern, corporation
反义:astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly