downgrade是什么意思？

downgrade

英[ˌdaʊnˈgreɪd] 美[ˈdaʊnˌɡred]

• v. 使降低，使降职，贬低，低估；

过去式：downgraded;

过去分词：downgraded;

现在分词：downgrading;

第三人称单数：downgrades;

名词：downgrading;

例句

• The downgrade was due mainly to lower growth in consumer spending. 下滑主要是因为消费支出增长放缓.
• This assessment could well result in a rating downgrade. 这项评估很可能导致评级下调.
• We don't want to do anything that would precipitate a downgrade. 我们不想做任何会导致评级下调的事情.

词组

• on the downgrade
  (N. Amer.)in decline (北美)走下坡路

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  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.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  使降低, 使降级
  She was downgraded to assistant manager. 她被降职为助理经理。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends
• Verb
  1. rate lower; lower in value or esteem

行业词典

• 计算机： 降低等级；