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

The woman claims she was the victim of constructive dismissal after being demoted.
这位女士称她被降职后被迫离职，属于推定解雇。
In2006, the organization chose "plutoed", which means" to be demoted or devalued ".
2006年的年度词汇为plutoed，意为“被降级或贬值”。
The club was demoted at the end of last season.
上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。
For offending the Royal court, he was demoted to a prefect of zhongzhou.
由于冒犯了朝廷，他被贬为中州知府。
Before the long march, because of his opposition to dogmatism in the military command, he was wrongly dismissed from the post of chief of the general staff and demoted to chief of staff of the Fifth Army Group of the Chinese workers'and Peasants'Red army.
长征开始前，他因反对军事指挥上的教条主义，被错误地撤销了总参谋长的职务，到五军团去当参谋长。
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。
AKB48's management agency demoted her to trainee level starting on Friday, according to the band's official blog.
AKB48管理机构周五开始降级她的学员水平，根据该乐队的官方博客。
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。
These changes will be lost the next time the replication step is demoted to development.
下次将复制步骤降级到开发模式时，这些修改将会丢失。
He would be moved sideways, rather than demoted.
他会被平级调动而不是降级。