【英语词汇】
promote、boost、foster
佳中
这三个动词都可表示“促进”、“推动”的意思。
promote “促进”、“增进”、“提升”,指能对另一件事产生好的影响, 能促进或促使发展、进展或成功。
1) I am confident that the academic exchanges of our two universitieswill promoteour
longstanding cooperation.
2)Thereasonable industrial structure can promote effective disposition of resources
and the economical growth.
合理的产业结构能够促进资源的有效配置和经济增长。
3)Europeancompanies are discovering that licensing a brand can protect itstrademark,
promote its image and generateprofits.
欧洲的公司现在发现通过特许品牌可以保护自己的商标,提升自身的形象,甚至还可
以带来利润。
4)We should by no means sacrifice environmental protection to promote economic
growth.
我们决不能为了促进经济增长而牺牲环境保护。
boost 指从后面或下面推起或提高,由此引申出“促进”“推动”的意思。
1)A housing construction boom can in turn boostindustrial growth as well as national
economy as awhole.
住房建设热潮可以反过来促进工业增长以及整体国民经济发展。
2)To ensure asolid footing in the company, he did his best to boosthis reputation and
position.
为了在公司站稳脚根,他尽其所能努力提高他的声誉和地位。
3)This wouldincrease import demand among industrial countries and boost both exports
and imports of developing countries .
这将使工业国之间的进口需求增加,并使发展中国家的进出口都迅速发展。
4)All thesemeasures will dramatically boost thedevelopment of the western areas in
所有这些措施将大大推动我国西部地区的发展。
foster 原意指供养及抚养促进成长,也看引申鼓励促进事物的增长与发展,仍含 有培育。的意思。
1)Frequentcultural exchange will certainly help foster friendly relations between ourtwo
universities
经常的文化交流肯定有助于推动我们两校之间的友好关系。
2)Too rigid parental control fosters rebellionof children .
父母管教过严会促使子女反抗。
3)The club's aim is to foster betterrelations within the community.
本俱乐部的宗旨是促进团体内部的关系。
4)Internationalcooperation in agricultural trade has long been accepted as an effective
meansof fostering economicgrowth in developing countries.
在农业贸易方面的国际合作长期以来被认为是促进发展中国家经济增长的一种有效手
段。
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