demoted

英 [ˌdiːˈməʊtɪd]

美 [ˌdiːˈmoʊtɪd]

v.  使降级，使降职，使降低地位(常作为惩罚)
demote的过去分词和过去式

过去式：demoted　过去分词：demoted　

COCA.40323

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. The club was demoted at the end of last season.
     上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。

双语例句

• If an evaluation is vague and the employee is dismissed or demoted, problems may occur.
  如果评估不够清楚而员工被解雇或降职，问题会出现。
• In order to run the REFRESH command on a repository, it must first be demoted to a non-repository.
  为了在储存库上运行REFRESH命令，首先需要将它降级为非储存库。
• The club was demoted at the end of last season.
  上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。
• He was demoted from sergeant to corporal.
  他由中士降到下士。
• 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。
• Of course, global rivals demoted by the arrival of the Chinese have little to gripe about.
  当然，全球竞争对手的市值排名尽管被中国上市银行超越，也没有什么可抱怨的。
• The striker wanted to leave the demoted giants during the summer, but was not allowed to move despite being the target of real madrid, Liverpool and French champions lyon.
  这名射手想在夏天离开这家豪门球会，但是却没有被允许，尽管皇家马戏团，利物浦，法国冠军里昂对他有兴趣。
• He would be moved sideways, rather than demoted.
  他会被平级调动而不是降级。
• But they were caught anyway and demoted to manual labor at a power plant.
  不过他们还是被抓到了，并被降职到一家发电站从事体力劳动。
• He might have to resign or he might be demoted, but either way, his career is effectively over.
  他也许不得不辞职或被降级，但不管怎样，他的事业实际上结束了。