Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense demotes, present participle demoting, past tense, past participle demoted
1VERB 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. 使降级;使降职;使降低地位
It's very difficult to demote somebody who has been standing in during maternity leave. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB noun]
He is seeking redress for what he alleges was an unfair demotion.
他要求纠正他所声称的不公正的降级这一错误。
2VERB [usually passive]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. 使(球队等)降级 [British]
The club was demoted at the end of last season. [beVERB-ed]