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

• When you demote a field, all other fields that belong to the group level get demoted as well.
  降级字段时，属于该分组级别的所有其他字段也将降级。
• 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。
• They have been demoted to less responsible jobs.
  他们被降职去做不太重要的工作。
• He added that Mr Yung's daughter Frances, listed as director, group finance in the company's annual report, had been demoted and her pay cut.
  他补充称，荣智健的女儿荣明方（Frances）也已被降职和减薪。在公司年报中，荣明方被列为集团财务部董事。
• He would be moved sideways, rather than demoted.
  他会被平级调动而不是降级。
• He was demoted to the rank of ordinary soldier.
  他被降为普通一兵。
• These changes will be lost the next time the replication step is demoted to development.
  下次将复制步骤降级到开发模式时，这些修改将会丢失。
• In2006, the organization chose "plutoed", which means" to be demoted or devalued ".
  2006年的年度词汇为plutoed，意为“被降级或贬值”。
• Meanwhile, English was "demoted" to everyday, unprestigious uses.
  同时，英语被“贬低”到了下里巴人的地位。