中英互译
demote
英 /diːˈməʊt/美 /diːˈmoʊt/
基本释义
- vt.使降级；使降职
第三人称单数demotes
现在分词demoting
过去式demoted
过去分词demoted
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双语例句
- It's very difficult to demote somebody who has been filling in during maternity leave.给替代歇产假的人降职是很难的。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- It is illegal to demote an employee without reason.无缘无故将一名员工降级是违法的。
- "We are going to demote the PC to just be a device," Steve Jobs said.“我们打算把PC贬为仅是设备”，乔布斯说。
网络短语
- demote denounce贬斥
- demote sb降职；降低某人的级别或地位
- demote e降级
- to demote降级
- demote reduce贬黜
词语扩展
英英释义
- v.assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
词源
- demote使降职de-, 向下。-mot, 移动，词源同motive, promote. 即向下移动，降职。
- demote使降级，使降职词根词缀： de-向下 + -mot-移动 + -e动词词尾 → 使向下移动