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

• 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。
• 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。
• They have been demoted to less responsible jobs.
  他们被降职去做不太重要的工作。
• Of course, global rivals demoted by the arrival of the Chinese have little to gripe about.
  当然，全球竞争对手的市值排名尽管被中国上市银行超越，也没有什么可抱怨的。
• The club was demoted at the end of last season.
  上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。
• The striker wanted to leave the demoted giants during the summer, but was not allowed to move despite being the target of real madrid, Liverpool and French champions lyon.
  这名射手想在夏天离开这家豪门球会，但是却没有被允许，尽管皇家马戏团，利物浦，法国冠军里昂对他有兴趣。
• 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。
• 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。
• Meanwhile, English was "demoted" to everyday, unprestigious uses.
  同时，英语被“贬低”到了下里巴人的地位。