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demote vt.降级；降职 (1) 他由中士降到下士。(2) 我要把你从高级牧师降级为长老。(3) 为什么市长要把这名官员降职？ When your employer demotes you, she assigns you an easier task or even an entirely new, lower-ranked position. You may even earn less money. In the military, to demote is to move a soldier down in rank, usually as a punishment. The opposite of demote is promote, which came first. The prefix de- gives the word a sense of "down" or "down from."

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英 [ˌdiː'məʊt] 美 [ˌdiː'moʊt] (1) He was demoted from sergeant to corporal.(2) I should demote you from senior minister to elder.(3) Why did the mayor demote the official? To demote someone is to move them into a less important job. Your coffee shop boss might demote you to wiping tables if your attempts to froth milk and pull espresso shots continuously fail. 1[VERB 动词]使降级；使降职；使降低地位 If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.   [V n]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。demotionHe is seeking redress for what he alleges was an unfair demotion.他要求纠正他所声称的不公正的降级这一错误。2[VERB 动词]使(球队等)降级 If a team in a sports league is 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.   [be V-ed]  [usu passive]  [BRIT 英]The club was demoted at the end of last season.上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。demotionThe team now almost certainly faces demotion.这支球队目前几乎肯定要面临降级的命运。

英语单词	demote
英美音标	英 [ˌdiː'məʊt] 美 [ˌdiː'moʊt]
中文释义	vt.降级；降职
英语例句	(1) He was demoted from sergeant to corporal. (2) I should demote you from senior minister to elder. (3) Why did the mayor demote the official?
中文例句	(1) 他由中士降到下士。 (2) 我要把你从高级牧师降级为长老。 (3) 为什么市长要把这名官员降职？
vocabulary简明	To demote someone is to move them into a less important job. Your coffee shop boss might demote you to wiping tables if your attempts to froth milk and pull espresso shots continuously fail.
vocabulary扩展	When your employer demotes you, she assigns you an easier task or even an entirely new, lower-ranked position. You may even earn less money. In the military, to demote is to move a soldier down in rank, usually as a punishment. The opposite of demote is promote, which came first. The prefix de- gives the word a sense of "down" or "down from."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]使降级；使降职；使降低地位 If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment. [V n] 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。 demotion He is seeking redress for what he alleges was an unfair demotion. 他要求纠正他所声称的不公正的降级这一错误。 2 [VERB 动词]使(球队等)降级 If a team in a sports league is 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. [be V-ed] [usu passive] [BRIT 英] The club was demoted at the end of last season. 上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。 demotion The team now almost certainly faces demotion. 这支球队目前几乎肯定要面临降级的命运。

Demote Team Demoted Move Important Punishment Verb 动词