He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
I should have had inexpressible pleasure, I should have taken inexpressible interest, in promoting it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
I give her credit for promoting his going dutifully down to Bath, to fetch his mother; but how will she and the dowager agree in one house? 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
Mrs. Dashwood seemed actually working for her, herself; cherishing all her hopes, and promoting all her views! 简·奥斯汀.理智与情感.
In such cases, though the individual merit of the inventor is small, the benefit conferred may be important, and may operate influentially in promoting the progress of civilization. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
Not the least of the applications of the dynamo is its use in electro-metallurgy for plating metals, and also for promoting chemical reactions. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.