核心差别
promoted 强调指某人因工作表现优秀而被提升到更高职位或级别，promote 则侧重促进某事物发展或提升某人职位
使用场景对比
| 对比方面 | promoted | promote |
|---|---|---|
| 核心含义 | 指某人因工作表现优秀而被提升到更高职位或级别，通常用于描述职业发展中的晋升情况。 | 促进某事物发展或提升某人职位，常用于商业、职场及社会活动中。 |
| 词性 | 形容词 | 动词 |
| 使用语域 | 常用于被动语态，表示某人被晋升，如“be promoted to + 职位”或“be promoted from...to...”。 | 常用作及物动词，后接名词或代词作宾语，表示促进、晋升或推销等含义。 |
对比例句
My brother was promoted to team leader last month.
我哥哥上个月被晋升为团队领导。
She got promoted because of her excellent sales record.
她因为出色的销售记录而获得了晋升。
The school promotes reading among students every month.
学校每月都在学生中推广阅读活动。
She was promoted to team leader after her excellent performance.
由于表现出色，她被晋升为团队领导。
常见误用提醒
使用 promoted：He promoted to manager. → He was promoted to manager. (错误在于缺少被动语态的助动词“was”。“promoted”作为形容词描述状态时，通常用被动语态表示某人被晋升，应改为“He was promoted to manager.”以符合英语语法。)
使用 promoted：She got promoted as a director. → She was promoted to director. (错误在于使用了不正确的介词“as”。在表示晋升到具体职位时，英语中常用介词“to”，如“promoted to director”，而“as”多用于描述角色或身份，如“work as a director”。应改为“She was promoted to director.”以使表达更地道。)
使用 promote：He promoted to a higher position. → He was promoted to a higher position. (promote是及物动词，表示晋升时常用被动语态，因为主语是被晋升的对象，需加be动词。)