demote

英 [ˌdiːˈməʊt]

美 [ˌdiːˈmoʊt]

v.  使降级，使降职，使降低地位(常作为惩罚)

过去分词：demoted　过去式：demoted　现在分词：demoting　第三人称单数：demotes　

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牛津词典

verb

• 使降级，使降职，使降低地位（常作为惩罚）
  to move sb to a lower position or rank, often as a punishment

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。

英英释义

verb

• assign to a lower position
  1. She was demoted because she always speaks up
  2. He was broken down to Sergeant
  Synonym:bumprelegatebreakkick downstairs

双语例句

• For example, a trigger can send you e-mail whenever new content is posted or can demote a front-page story if the story is edited.
  例如，只要发布新内容，触发器就会向您发送电子邮件，或者如果事例被编辑，就会降级头版事例。
• These enlightened thinkers demote and animadvert on the Chinese nationality usually from their own benefit, but they indeed open out the inveterate habit and shortcoming of Chinese.
  虽然，这些启蒙思想家大多出于自身的需要对中国国民性进行无情地贬斥和批判，但是在很大程度上却揭示了中国国民的痼习和缺点，其思想发人深思。
• 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。
• In the same time, this phenomenon reflected the Song officials fearing of demote and their reluctance to leave the government posts, sentimentally attached to the.
  望京现象也反映了宋人对贬谪的惧怕，对京职的留恋，对中原文化的眷恋和对落后地区的畏惧与鄙。
• But for a long time, Scholar& Beauty Romance has demote and treat coldly by academia all the time, the novel poesy of the gifted scholar and beautiful woman has got extremely inequitable appraisal too.
  但长期以来，才子佳人小说一直受到学术界的贬斥冷落，才子佳人小说诗词也得到了极不公正的评价。
• Demote all parent grouping sections then retry the promote.
  请先将所有父分组节降级，然后重试升级。
• 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。
• In the electrochemical analysis and experiment of coating material, it demote Zn and Al, which provide cathodic protection has good anti corrosion to sea water.
  通过对涂层材料的电化学分析及试验结果表明，提供阴极保护的Zn、Al涂层有优良的耐海水腐蚀性能。
• It also provides a Darwinian effect for feature prioritization where users self-promote or demote suggested features.
  它对功能的优先级还有达尔文效应，用户可以自行提高或降低功能的优先级。
• Demote: This allows the guild leader to demote members within the guild to lower ranks.
  降级：这个功能允许会长将会员降级到低级阶层。