英语流利说懂你英语 Level5 Unit2 Part2 Vocabulary - Verbs for Business 1

To promote, to move someone up in an organization usually because she has done a good job.

We are going to promote her to manager.

If we don't promote him, he'll probably be upset.

The opposite of promote is demote.

(It looks like we promoted him too soon, because he can't do the job.)

(We shouldn't promote anyone unless they prove themselves.)

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To transfer, to move someone or something from one place to another.

The company is going to transfer him to Shanghai next month.

She doesn't want to be transferred because her husband is against moving to another city.

(He wants to be transferred back to engineering because he hates paperwork.)

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To motivate, to get someone interested and excited about doing something.使有动机，促动，激发

She is really good at motivating her employees.

One way to motivate someone is to encourage them by giving constructive feedback.

(We need to motivate people more and not demotivate them by reducing benefits.)使失去动力;

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To postpone, to delay or put off something until a later date.使延期，延缓;

We had to postpone the presentation because she wasn't ready to give it.陈述，报告;

We can't continue to postpone the meeting, or they'll cancel it completely.

(We have no choice but to postpone the test, because the weather conditions aren't right.)

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To evade, to escape or avoid something.

They are trying to evade taking responsibility for their failure.

He was arrested for tax evasion.  n.逃避

(They can't evade paying the import tax or they will lose their licence to do business in that country.)

(They designed the airplane to evade the detection by radar.)侦查;  雷达;

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