() [, ]a move to a more important job in a company or an organization提升；晋升；提拔◆Her promotion to Sales Manager took everyone by surprise.她升任销售经理让每个人都感到意外。◆The new job is a promotion for him.这一新职务对他来说是晋升。◆a job with excellent promotion prospects有绝好晋升机会的工作OPPdemotion () [, ]activities done in order to increase the sales of a product or service; a set of advertisements for a particular product or service促销活动；广告宣传◆Her job is mainly concerned with sales and promotion.她的工作内容主要是销售和促销。◆We are doing a special promotion of French food.我们正在对法国食品进行特别促销活动。➡ see note at marketing promotions [] the part of a company that is responsible for advertising products or services and increasing sales（公司的）促销部门cross-promotion consumer promotion sales promotion