He got the promotion by behaving deviously.是什么意思？

He got the promotion by behaving deviously.

他通过不正当手段才获得了这次晋升.

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

got

v. 得到(get的过去式和过去分词)，抓住，说服，受到（惩罚等）；

例句
They said goodbye to him as he got aboard the train at Union Station.
当他在联合火车站登上火车之际，他们向他道别。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

promotion

n. 促进，增进，提升，升级，（商品等的）推广，发扬；

例句
His job is the discovery and promotion of new artists.
他的任务就是发现并推出艺术新人。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

behaving

v. （行为或举止）表现( behave的现在分词 )，工作，（使）守规矩；

例句
I couldn't believe these people were behaving in this way...
我难以相信这些人竟会有这种举动。

deviously

adv. 弯曲地，绕道地；