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

• Pentagon officials said Mr. Page had also been demoted, from sergeant to specialist, before leaving the service, another indication of problems.
  美国国防部官员说，佩奇在退伍前还曾被降级，从中士降到了专业军士，这也表明此人有一系列的问题。
• Meanwhile, English was "demoted" to everyday, unprestigious uses.
  同时，英语被“贬低”到了下里巴人的地位。
• He would be moved sideways, rather than demoted.
  他会被平级调动而不是降级。
• The club was demoted at the end of last season.
  上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Before the long march, because of his opposition to dogmatism in the military command, he was wrongly dismissed from the post of chief of the general staff and demoted to chief of staff of the Fifth Army Group of the Chinese workers'and Peasants'Red army.
  长征开始前，他因反对军事指挥上的教条主义，被错误地撤销了总参谋长的职务，到五军团去当参谋长。
• They have been demoted to less responsible jobs.
  他们被降职去做不太重要的工作。
• 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。