downgrade
v. 使降职,使降级; 贬低,降低,低估
If something is downgraded, it is given less importance than it used to have or than you think it should have.
The boy's condition has been downgraded from critical to serious...
男孩已脱离生命危险,但病情仍很严重。
The female role has been downgraded altogether in the drive for greater equality.
在争取更多平等的运动中,女性角色完全被贬低了。
If someone is downgraded, their job or status is changed so that they become less important or receive less money.
There was no criticism of her work until after she was downgraded...
在被降职前她的工作从未受过批评。
His superiors suspended him, and then downgraded him.
他的上司先将他暂时停职,随后把他降职。
1. the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends
1. rate lower; lower in value or esteem
on the downgrade
(北美)走下坡路
Standard & Poor's, a rating agency, said this week it may downgrade Lehman's debt.
评级机构标准普尔表示这周可能会降低莱曼债务的等级.
We don't want to do anything that would precipitate a downgrade.
我们不想做任何会导致评级下调的事情.
In Moody's case, the downgrade meant that the affected agencies lost their investment grade status.
穆迪的评级下调行动意味着,这些受影响的机构失去了投资级债务评级.
This assessment could well result in a rating downgrade.
这项评估很可能导致评级下调.
The downgrade overshadowed further signs of optimism from surveys of corporate sentiment in Germany and Japan.
世行下调增长预期的消息,让德国与日本企业信心调查所展现的更多乐观迹象黯然失色.