underpromote

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To promote inadequately. transitive
    — It was a teen party sponsored by the hip-hop radio station Hot 97 (WQHT-FM), and maybe an underpromoted one: much of the room was empty.
  2. To promote (a pawn that has crossed the board) to a less powerful piece than a queen, which is sometimes strategically useful. transitive

词形变化

underpromotes present,singular,third-person underpromoting participle,present underpromoted participle,past underpromoted past

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *pro-
Proto-Italic *pro-
Latin prō-
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin moveō
Latin prōmoveō
Latin prōmōtusbor.
English promote
English underpromote
From under- + promote.
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