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 was demoted to the rank of ordinary soldier.
  他被降为普通一兵。
• 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。
• 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。
• Meanwhile, English was "demoted" to everyday, unprestigious uses.
  同时，英语被“贬低”到了下里巴人的地位。
• 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。
• He was demoted from sergeant to corporal.
  他由中士降到下士。
• Geez, think before you post-I hope you get demoted to a rookie.
  天啊，发帖子之前想一想&我希望你被降级为新人。
• Lin Zi cong, who has been demoted, plans to rent a smaller apartment to save money.
  林子聪被贬职后，为省钱想找个较小的居所。
• 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。