advance: stresses effective assistance in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end: a gesture intended to ~ the cause of peace.


promote: suggests an open encouraging or fostering: a company trying to ~ better health among employees; and may denote an increase in status or rank: a student ~d to third grade. (foster培养，如foster parents养父母)


forward: implies an impetus or moral force moving something ahead: a wage increase would ~ productivity.  （impetus推动力，词根PET表示寻找to seek，字面意思是去寻找，如the promise of a nice bonus gave us an impetus for finishing the project on time承诺给我们奖金推动我们按时完成项目，其它PET组成的词有compete竞争，petition情愿，centripetal向心的，appetite食欲，和impetuous冲动草率）


further: suggests a removing of obstacles in the way of a desired advance: used the marriage to ~ his career.


advance促进: 表示帮助加快进度或取得目标，promote提倡提升: 表示公开鼓励培养，或提高地位级别，forward促进: 指推动力或道德力量促进某物发展，further促进: 表示扫除前进中的障碍


记忆方法：1）首字母APFF想成FPAF扶贫安抚<==应促进

          2）促进的意思是帮助前进mean to help (someone or something) to move ahead.