demote
英 [ˌdiːˈməʊt]
美 [ˌdiːˈmoʊt]
v. 使降级,使降职,使降低地位(常作为惩罚)
过去分词:demoted 过去式:demoted 现在分词:demoting 第三人称单数:demotes
Collins.1 / BNC.20150 / COCA.18146
牛津词典
verb
- 使降级,使降职,使降低地位(常作为惩罚)
to move sb to a lower position or rank, often as a punishment
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.- 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。
- It's very difficult to demote somebody who has been standing in during maternity leave...
- 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.- The club was demoted at the end of last season.
上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。
- The club was demoted at the end of last season.
英英释义
verb
- assign to a lower position
- She was demoted because she always speaks up
- He was broken down to Sergeant
双语例句
- These enlightened thinkers demote and animadvert on the Chinese nationality usually from their own benefit, but they indeed open out the inveterate habit and shortcoming of Chinese.
虽然,这些启蒙思想家大多出于自身的需要对中国国民性进行无情地贬斥和批判,但是在很大程度上却揭示了中国国民的痼习和缺点,其思想发人深思。 - Philosophy as the self-consciousness of human being in a theoretic form, is always holding it as its pursuing goal and theoretic undertaking to promote greatness and demote paltriness.
哲学作为理论形态的人类自我意识,它一向是以阐扬崇高和贬抑渺小作为自已的追求目标和理论使命。 - Then, take a deep breath and, since this is someone who could probably fire or demote you if he wanted to, move on to Step Five: Thank him for giving you another chance.
然后,做一下深呼吸,因为你面对的是一位只要他愿意,就可以你解雇或降职的上司,所以要继续第五个步骤:感谢您又给了我一次机会。 - To demote a field, select the field and then click Demote on the toolbar.
若要降级字段,请选择字段,再单击工具栏上的降级。 - Cannot demote this field, table, or query.
无法对该字段、表或查询进行降级。 - Demote all parent grouping sections then retry the promote.
请先将所有父分组节降级,然后重试升级。 - From this point of view, we must try our best to utilize positive factor and modern combination governed by law among family's factor, not demote family composition and family's culture in the family firm simply.
从这个角度看,我们得尽量积极利用家族因素中的积极因素和现代法治的结合点,而不是一味贬斥家族企业中的家族成分和家族文化。 - But for a long time, Scholar& Beauty Romance has demote and treat coldly by academia all the time, the novel poesy of the gifted scholar and beautiful woman has got extremely inequitable appraisal too.
但长期以来,才子佳人小说一直受到学术界的贬斥冷落,才子佳人小说诗词也得到了极不公正的评价。 - An employer who has lost confidence in the ability of an employee may demote him.
雇佣人对被雇佣人之能力失去信心时得予以降职。 - 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。