demotes
v. 使降级,使降职( demote的第三人称单数 )
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。
Supreme power in the deme was vested in the assembly of the demotes.
德莫的最高权力,属于德莫特大会.