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Downgrade Downgraded D Drive Verb 动词 V Ed 英

英语单词 downgrade
英美音标 英 [ˌdaʊn'ɡreɪd] 美 [ˌdaʊn'ɡreɪd]
中文释义 v.使降低;使降级
n.下坡路
英语例句 (1) You can't downgrade the litte boy.
(2) He tried to downgrade the latest research findings.
(3) She's been downgraded (from principal) to deputy.
(4) It is difficult to drive down a steep downgrade.
(5) The store's business has been on the downgrade for the past few years.
中文例句 (1) 你不可小看那个小男孩。
(2) 他极力贬低这个最新研究成果。
(3) 她已(从校长)降为副校长。
(4) 很难从陡峭的坡度把车子开下去。
(5) 最近几年这家商店的生意每况愈下。
柯林斯解释
1
[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.
  [be V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • 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。

2
[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.
  [be V-ed]
  [V n]
  • 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。

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