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demote v.降级，降职 demote (v.) 1881, American English coinage from de- + stem of promote. Said to have been Midwestern in origin.Regarding an antithesis to 'promote,' the word universally in use in Cambridge, in Harvard College, is drop. The same word is in use in the leading schools here (Boston). I hope I may be counted every time against such barbarisms as 'demote' and 'retromote.' [Edward Everett Hale, 1892, letter to the publishers of "Funk & Wagnalls' Standard Dictionary"]Related: Demoted; demoting. 【记】de 相反 + mote 远，移动；promote是其反意, pro-向前

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[di'məut] 【英】 v. 降级，降职 (to reduce to a lower grade)【记】 de+mote(动)→动下去 →降级【同】 同根词：promote(提 升); commotion(动乱) v. 降级, 降职(降低等级、级别或地位)【记】de向下, mote动一向下动一降级【参】promote(vt 促进; 提昇); commotion(n 骚动; 暴乱)

单词	demote
音标	[di'məut]
解释	v.降级，降职
红宝书	【英】 v. 降级，降职 (to reduce to a lower grade) 【记】 de+mote(动)→动下去 →降级【同】同根词：promote(提升); commotion(动乱)
字源	demote (v.) 1881, American English coinage from de- + stem of promote. Said to have been Midwestern in origin. Regarding an antithesis to 'promote,' the word universally in use in Cambridge, in Harvard College, is drop. The same word is in use in the leading schools here (Boston). I hope I may be counted every time against such barbarisms as 'demote' and 'retromote.' [Edward Everett Hale, 1892, letter to the publishers of "Funk & Wagnalls' Standard Dictionary"] Related: Demoted; demoting.
不择手段背单词	v. 降级, 降职(降低等级、级别或地位) 【记】de向下, mote动一向下动一降级【参】promote(vt 促进; 提昇); commotion(n 骚动; 暴乱)
趣味全助记	【记】de 相反 + mote 远，移动；promote是其反意, pro-向前

Demote V Word I Di'məut V.降级，降职 英 降级，降职

Demote V Word I Di'məut V.降级，降职英降级，降职