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
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.- 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。 - 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。
- It's very difficult to demote somebody who has been standing in during maternity leave...
- 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.- The club was demoted at the end of last season.
上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。
- The club was demoted at the end of last season.
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - They have been demoted to less responsible jobs.
他们被降职去做不太重要的工作。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。