demoting
v. 使降級,使降職( demote的現在分詞 )
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...
要將一個在別人休產假期間頂替上來的人再降職是非常困難的。
If they prove ineffective they should be demoted or asked to retire.
如果事實證明他們已無力勝任,應該將他們降級或讓他們退休。
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.
上個賽季末該俱樂部被降級了。
More than 5,900 units above the regimental level were dispersed through dismantling , merging, demoting or reforming.
全軍經過撤銷 、 合併 、 降級、改制,共減少團級以上單位5900多個.