动 push，shove，turn a mill or grindstone，grind，bunt ；

[例句] 我看见她将巨石推下砸向你。 I saw her push the boulder down on you.

[例句] 她好像把大部分责任都推到了母亲身上。 She seemed to be placing most of the blame on her mother.

push forward，promote，give impetus to，goose，drive ；

[例句] 在证券交易所，市场在大量买单的推动下有所上扬。 On the Stock Exchange, aggressive buying propped the market up.

[例句] 杰伦·拉尼尔创造了“虚拟现实”这个词，并成为推动其早期发展的先驱人物。 Jaron Lanier coined the term "virtual reality" and pioneered its early development.

visatergo，soot，propulsive force，thrust ；

[例句] 它提供了飞机前进所需的推力。 It provides the thrust that makes the craft move forward.

[例句] 火箭推力的方向是由电脑控制的. The direction of the thrust of the rockets is controlled by computer.

push on，carry forward，[军] move forward，drive on，advance ；

[例句] 只一推，就把他推进了河里。 It took only one heave to hurl him into the river.

[例句] 他们没等德国人答复就接着往下推进。 They went ahead without waiting for a reply from the Germans.

put off，postpone，defer，delay，remit ；

[例句] 可能推迟英吉利海峡隧道开通的问题一大筐。 A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel.

[例句] 想要推迟午夜的最后期限是完全不可能的。 It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline.

（推广货物的销路） promote sales，market，peddle，sales promotion，sale promotion ；

[例句] 我认为更多的顾客也许更喜欢软性推销。 I think more customers probably prefer a soft sell.

[例句] 他们天生就是能说会道的推销能手。 They are naturally good salesmen with the gift of the gab.

popularize，spread，extend，generalization，generalize ；

[例句] 有报道说，有3家公司在洽谈这种药的市场推广。 There were reports that three companies were negotiating to market the drug.

[例句] 在试验性方案获得成功后，这项服务正在推广中。 The service is being expanded following the success of a pilot scheme.

infer，conjecture，guess，reckoning，confer ；

[例句] 他写了一篇关于克里斯托弗·马洛的推测性传记。 He has written a speculative biography of Christopher Marlowe.

[例句] 我厌烦了所有的推测。 I am tired of all the speculation.

infer，deduce，deduction，conclude ；

[例句] 他推断这俩小孩是这对夫妇的。 He deduced that the two children belonged to the couple.

[例句] 如果解释是正确的，可以推断出两件事。 If the explanation is right, two things follow.

[逻] inference，ratiocination，illation，reasoning，consequence ；

[例句] 他的推理完全正确，但是未切中肯綮。 His reasoning is perfectly sound, but he misses the point.

[例句] 我已依文字作过推理论证。 I've argued deductively from the text.

presumption，understand ；

[例句] 这位女士称她被降职后被迫离职，属于推定解雇。 The woman claims she was the victim of constructive dismissal after being demoted.

[例句] 人们推定,如此能干的州长会成为一名好总统的. People inferred that so able a governor would make a good president.

propellant，propellent，propulser，propulsive agent ；

[例句] 较轻的推进器采用液态氢, 较重的采用自燃推进剂. The lighter version used liquid hydrogen, the heavier used hypergolic propellants.

[例句] 这个工厂为弹道导弹生产推进剂。 The factory produces propellant for ballistic missiles.

recommend，recommendation，nominate，groom；

[例句] 热情的女招待会一再推荐，最后点的餐多到吃不下! Jovial ladies chivvy you into ordering more than you can eat!

[例句] 底部的数字就是推荐的摄氏水温。 The number at the bottom is the recommended water temperature in Centigrade.

overthrow，overturn，repudiate，cancel，cast down ；

[例句] 这些情绪有可能促使人们想要推翻现行的体制。 These feelings are likely to make people attempt to overthrow the system.

[例句] 他声称被告是被诱骗的，从而推翻了有罪的判决。 He overturned the conviction, saying the defendant was entrapped.

ratiocination，sequitur，inference，triangulation，deduce ；

[例句] 我根据收集到的证据推论出这件事实. I inferred this fact from the evidence I have gathered.

[例句] 你这个结论是按照形式逻辑的方法推论出来的. You arrived at your conclusion using the methods of formal logic.

refuse，decline，refusal ；

[例句] 幸勿推却. I hope that you will not refuse.

[例句] 他要请我吃饭,我推却了. I declined his invitation to dinner.

carry out，pursue，implement，practice，push ；

[例句] 保守派不满布鲁尔推行的这些变革。 The old guard did not like the changes that Brewer introduced.

[例句] 大多数制造商不得不推行短工时工作制。 Most manufacturers have had to introduce short-time working.

elapse，pass，develop，evolve，process ；

[例句] 随着岁月的推移,屋子里累积了很多书. In the course of the years many books had accumulated in the house.

[例句] 但是, 灌溉使小麦和棉花的种植进一步向西推移. However, irrigation has extended both wheat and cotton farming further west.

weigh，deliberate，elaborate，hash，polish ；

[例句] 他们的论据经不起一点推敲。 Their arguments do not withstand the most superficial scrutiny.

[例句] 这个命题经得起推敲吗？ How well does this thesis stand up to close examination?

manipulation，massage ；

[例句] 只有针灸、脊椎指压治疗或者推拿术才能实现彻底治愈。 A permanent cure will only be effected by acupuncture, chiropractic or manipulation.

[例句] 蒙哥马利主动为我推拿. Montgomery offered me a massage.