demote
vt. 使降级,使降职
If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.
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。
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.
The club was demoted at the end of last season.
上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。
1. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;
An employer who has lost confidence in the ability of an employee may demote him.
雇佣人对被雇佣人之能力失去信心时得予以降职.
I should demote you from senior minister to elder.
我要把你从高级牧师降级为长老.
Demote - Players can demote other players in the guild.
降级–该成员能够降低其他成员的工会等级.
A: Why did the mayor demote the official?
为什麽市长要把这名官员降职?
We will endanger our country if we demote our most noble and talented citizens.
黜退忠良,社稷危矣.