promote 和improve的用法有什麼區別?
Improve - to make or become better
Promote - to further or advance the progress of something or someone"I improved the quality of my work, so I was promoted."
"Promote" also means 「advertise". For example, "I"m promoting (or advertising) a Chinese New Year event in my community."
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其實簡單來說,promote更有種「外在力量推進推動的」意思,而improve側重「內在的提高」。
這兩個詞的語義不同,基本上沒什麼好混淆的吧?
Promote的意思是推廣,如promote Chinese culture.
Promote還有升職的意思,如He was promoted last year.他去年升職了。Improve是進步,提高的意思,如improve my English proficiency,提高我的英語熟練度。如果換成promote my English proficiency,就變成了推廣我的英語熟練度,說不通。
我懂你的困惑。
======================================================================首先,看一下陸谷孫的《英漢大詞典》里對兩個詞的解析,看看哪裡相似。(可跳過只看黑體字)
promote vt
1.促進,增長;發揚;提倡
promote reform 促進改革
promote mutual understanding between the two countries 增進兩國的相互了解
swimming promotes health 游泳增進健康
2 提升,晉陞,擢升 He was promoted to captain.
3. 使(學生)升級 Will he be promoted to the next higher grade?
4 促使(法律、議案等)通過 promote a bill in a parliament
5 發起,創辦,籌劃 promote a new business
6 宣傳,促銷(商品等)promote one"s point of view ;promote (the sales of ) IPAD
……
improvevt
1 改善,改進;增進
improve service 改進服務
improve one"s health 增進健康
improve wages and conditions 增加工資並改善工作條件
promote one『s vocabulary 增長辭彙量
2 提高(土地,地產)的價值
land is promoted by putting a building on it.
3 利用(機會等)
improve the opportunity to make friends
4 改善(道路)
vi
1 改善,變得更好
His health is improving.
He is improving in health.他的健康狀況正在好轉。
2 增加,提高
The price of cotton improved. 棉花價格增長了。
所以題主是不是在使用「增進」這個概念時分不清楚該用哪個?
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這個時候,我們來看一下兩個詞的英語解釋,分別參考三種詞典。
1.《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》(第七版)
promote : to help sth happen or develop
improve : to become better than before; to make sth/sb better than before
2.《朗文當代高級英語辭典(英漢雙解)》
promote : to help sth develop or increase
improve : to make sth better ,or to become better
這兩版字典真是言簡意賅,是不是還是很糊塗?看下面這個。
3.《柯林斯英漢雙解詞典》
promote:If people promote sth, they help or encourage it to develop or succeed, for
example by creating favourable conditions.
improve: a. if something improves or if you improve it , it gets better.
b. if you improve at a skill or in an area of knowledge,you get better at it by
practising or studying.
c.if you improve after an illness or an injury,your health gets better or you get
stronger
d. something that improve a person changes them so that they have a better
character or a better social status.
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看完英文解釋來做翻譯,看看是不是好多了呢?
改善家居 improve one"s home (柯林斯 a 解釋)
天氣好轉 The weather improved . (a)增進健康 promote health (本身也比較健康,通過鍛煉使得更健康)或 improve health (柯林斯c條解釋,病好後,身體更健康了) 增加工資並改善工作條件 improve wages and conditions (a)增進兩國的相互了解 promote mutual understanding between the two countries (注意promote的英語解釋中都出現了develop這個關鍵詞)提高網球技藝 improve one"s tennis(b)提高自我 improve oneself(d)
提高生活質量 The quality of life has improved.(a)棉花價格提高了。 The price of cotton improved. (a 大概是站在農民的立場上吧)
促進生長 promote growth提高英語水平 improve one"s English(b)
推動世界和平 promote the cause of world peace促進經濟增長 promote economic growth
上面這些大概能通過單詞的英語解釋來辨析區分什麼時候用什麼詞。
儘管這樣,智商有限的我還是有些分不太清,於是我只能把下面這些當做固定搭配去牢牢記住。
提高水平 improve standards
提高生活質量 The quality of life has improved.提高業績 improve performance提高辭彙量 promote one『s vocabulary 提高環保意識 promote awareness of environmental issues漢語里我們常說「經濟增長緩慢」而不是」經濟提高緩慢「
常說「個子增長了」而不是「個子提高了」常說「提高生活質量」而不是「增加生活質量」很多時候,是我們已經習慣這種固定搭配了。
多讀多記,形成語感,英語里的搭配也就能用的合理了。
======================================================================總之,多看英語解釋,多讀英語文章,減小中文思維對理解的阻礙,形成語感。promote
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