demoted

英 [ˌdiːˈməʊtɪd]

美 [ˌdiːˈmoʊtɪd]

v.  使降级，使降职，使降低地位(常作为惩罚)
demote的过去分词和过去式

过去式：demoted　过去分词：demoted　

COCA.40323

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使降级;使降职;使降低地位
  If someonedemotesyou, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.
  1. It's very difficult to demote somebody who has been standing in during maternity leave...
     要将一个在别人休产假期间顶替上来的人再降职是非常困难的。
  2. If they prove ineffective they should be demoted or asked to retire.
     如果事实证明他们已无力胜任，应该将他们降级或让他们退休。
• VERB 使(球队等)降级
  If a team in a sports leagueis demoted, that team has to compete in the next competition in a lower division, because it was one of the least successful teams in the higher division.
  1. The club was demoted at the end of last season.
     上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。

双语例句

• For being absent without leave, the corporal was demoted to private.
  因擅离岗位，这处下士被降为了列兵。
• AKB48's management agency demoted her to trainee level starting on Friday, according to the band's official blog.
  AKB48管理机构周五开始降级她的学员水平，根据该乐队的官方博客。
• But they were caught anyway and demoted to manual labor at a power plant.
  不过他们还是被抓到了，并被降职到一家发电站从事体力劳动。
• He might have to resign or he might be demoted, but either way, his career is effectively over.
  他也许不得不辞职或被降级，但不管怎样，他的事业实际上结束了。
• Pentagon officials said Mr. Page had also been demoted, from sergeant to specialist, before leaving the service, another indication of problems.
  美国国防部官员说，佩奇在退伍前还曾被降级，从中士降到了专业军士，这也表明此人有一系列的问题。
• If they prove ineffective they should be demoted or asked to retire.
  如果事实证明他们已无力胜任，应该将他们降级或让他们退休。
• He was demoted to a branch office.
  他被降级到分店去了。
• If an evaluation is vague and the employee is dismissed or demoted, problems may occur.
  如果评估不够清楚而员工被解雇或降职，问题会出现。
• The club was demoted at the end of last season.
  上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。
• For offending the Royal court, he was demoted to a prefect of zhongzhou.
  由于冒犯了朝廷，他被贬为中州知府。