downgrade

['dauw.greid]

v.使降低, 使降级
n.下破路

例句与用法：

She's been downgraded (from principal) to deputy.

她已(从校长)降为副校长。

词形变化：

动词过去式: downgraded | 动词过去分词: downgraded | 动词现在分词: downgrading | 动词第三人称单数: downgrades |

详细释义：

n.[C]

1. (路等的)下坡; 向下的路(或趋势)

2. 【喻】下坡路

The store's business has been on the downgrade for the past few years.

最近几年这家商店的生意每况愈下。

vt.

1. 使降级; 使降职; 使降低保密级[(+to)]

Some of the employees working for this firm have been downgraded.

这家公司有几名雇员被降了职。

2. 降低, 贬低; 小看

He often downgrades people he does not like.

他常常贬低自己不喜欢的人。