Picture something standing still until one person or one thing gives it a push forward. A promoter is whatever supplies that push — the shove that turns an idea into something people know about, or a plan into an evening that actually happens.
promoter 可以想成「給一把推力的那個人」。有件事本來停在原地：一個想法沒人知道，一場演出還沒發生。有人去租場地、去說服人、去把消息散出去，事情才動起來。這個字指的就是給出那一推的人。所以它的重點不在「支持」，而在「主動去推」。光是心裡贊成，不會被叫做 promoter。
From the word’s history
From promote, which goes back to Latin prōmoveō: prō- 'forward' plus moveō 'move'. The -er ending makes it the one who does that moving.
這個字由 promote 加 -er 組成。promote 回到拉丁文 prōmoveō：prō- 是「往前」，moveō 是「移動」。所以字面就是「把東西往前推的人」。這條線索正好對上它今天所有的用法。
Wiktionary entry for promoter (kaikki extract, etymology tree: Latin prōmoveō < prō- + moveō; suffix -er)
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