Downgrade Downgraded Important ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪd ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪdɪŋ D Job Verb
This flashcard defines "downgrade" as a verb with two main meanings: 1) to reduce the importance or value of something or someone, or 2) to demote someone to a lower rank or status. It also notes its opposite is "upgrade".
This flashcard defines "downgrade" as a verb with two main meanings: 1) to reduce the importance or value of something or someone, or 2) to demote someone to a lower rank or status. It also notes its opposite is "upgrade".
[VERB 动词]贬低；降低；低估 If something is downgraded, it is given less importance than it used to have or than you think it should have.
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The boy's condition has been downgraded from critical to serious...
男孩已脱离生命危险，但病情仍很严重。
The female role has been downgraded altogether in the drive for greater equality.
在争取更多平等的运动中，女性角色完全被贬低了。
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[VERB 动词]使降职；使降级 If someone is downgraded, their job or status is changed so that they become less important or receive less money.
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There was no criticism of her work until after she was downgraded...
在被降职前她的工作从未受过批评。
His superiors suspended him, and then downgraded him.
他的上司先将他暂时停职，随后把他降职。
Oxford
down·grade/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪd; NAmEˌdaʊnˈɡreɪd/verb1downgradesb/sth (from sth) (to sth) to move sb/sth down to a lower rank or level 使降职；使降级◆She's been downgraded from principal to vice-principal.她已从校长降职为副校长。2downgradesth/sb to make sth/sb seem less important or valuable than it/they really are 贬低；降低；低估☞compare
1to make a job less important, or to move someone to a less important jobOPP upgrade2to make something seem less important or valuable than it is: Police often downgrade the seriousness of violence against women in the home.3to state that something is not as serious as it was: Hurricane Bob has been downgraded to a tropical storm.