downgrade
v. 使降職,使降級; 貶低,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...
男孩已脫離生命危險,但病情仍很嚴重。
The female role has been downgraded altogether in the drive for greater equality.
在爭取更多平等的運動中,女性角色完全被貶低了。
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...
在被降職前她的工作從未受過批評。
His superiors suspended him, and then downgraded him.
他的上司先將他暫時停職,隨後把他降職。
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.
評級機構標準普爾表示這周可能會降低萊曼債務的等級.
We don't want to do anything that would precipitate a downgrade.
我們不想做任何會導致評級下調的事情.
In Moody's case, the downgrade meant that the affected agencies lost their investment grade status.
穆迪的評級下調行動意味著,這些受影響的機構失去了投資級債務評級.
This assessment could well result in a rating downgrade.
這項評估很可能導致評級下調.
The downgrade overshadowed further signs of optimism from surveys of corporate sentiment in Germany and Japan.
世行下調增長預期的訊息,讓德國與日本企業信心調查所展現的更多樂觀跡象黯然失色.