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 sergeant.
  他的军衔被降到了警士。
• The officer was demoted for misconduct.
  这个军官因行为不端而被降级。
• 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。
• They have been demoted to less responsible jobs.
  他们被降职去做不太重要的工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• There followed a gap of several decades in which central banks were demoted.
  此后出现了一个长达数十年的间隙期，央行在此期间地位下降。
• He would be moved sideways, rather than demoted.
  他会被平级调动而不是降级。
• You would be upset too if your team was stripped of two titles and demoted.
  如果你深爱的球队被剥夺两届冠军又被降级，你也会不好受。
• 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。