demoted是什么意思？

demoted

• v. 使降级，使降职( demote的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句

• The boss demoted her to a less responsible position. 上司把她降到较次要的职位。
• He was demoted to the rank of ordinary soldier. 他被降为普通一兵.
• For this peccadillo he was demoted and sent back to pound the beat. 由于这次过失,他被降了级,又被打发去干徒步巡警了.
• He would be moved sideways, rather than demoted. 他会被平级调动而不是降级。
• They have been demoted to less responsible jobs. 他们被降职去做不太重要的工作。
• The club was demoted at the end of last season. 上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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