downgrade 详细解释

downgrade

['dauw.greid]

v.使降低, 使降级
n.下破路

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。

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 |

词义辨析

同义参见:

lower  degrade  descent  alloy  cheapen  

反义参见:

upgrade  

英英释义

名词 downgrade:

the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends

动词 downgrade:

rate lower; lower in value or esteem

补充

downgradedowngrade英:[ˈdaunɡreid] 美:[ˈdaʊnˌɡred]vt.1.使降低, 使降级She was downgraded to assistant manager.她被降职为助理经理。

例句

1. The female role has been downgraded altogether in the drive for greater equality.在争取更多平等的运动中, 女性角色就整体而言遭到了轻视。 2. the Government's plan to downgrade cannabis from a Class B to a Class C drug政府将大麻从B级毒品降级到C级毒品的计划 3. The boy's condition has been downgraded from critical to serious.那个男孩的病情已经已经从危险降到了严重。 4. Analysts immediately began to downgrade their forecasts.分析员立刻开始下调预测数据。 5. There was no criticism of her work until after she was downgraded.直到她被降职之后, 才有人对她的工作提出批评。 6. His superiors suspended him, and then downgraded him.上级停了他的职, 之后又把他降级。 7. The general manager downgraded the employee.总经理将那名雇员降职。 8. We downgraded the military alert from emergency to standby.我们把军事戒备从紧急状态降至待命状态。 9. He tried to downgrade the latest research findings.他极力贬低这个最新研究成果。 10. You can't downgrade the litte boy.你不可小看那个小男孩。 11. to downgrade an older information把一份较旧的情报降低密级 12. some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semi-skilled.有些工种逐渐从技术劳动降为半技术劳动。 13. profits are on the downgrade.利润在下降。 14. Tom's been downgraded from manager to assistant manager.汤姆从经理降为副经理。 15. "If you confess to the crime, we may be able to downgrade [=reduce] the charge."如果你承认罪行,我们有可能会减轻对你的指控。 16. The restaurant was downgraded from three to two stars.那家饭店从三星降级到了二星。 17. a soldier downgraded [=demoted] in rank for misconduct因行为不端遭降级的士兵 18. She didn't intend to downgrade the importance of her colleague's work.她并非故意贬低同事工作的重要性。 19. a steep downgrade陡峭的下坡 20. a downgrade in the company's stock prices公司股价的下跌 21. slight downgrades in quality质量的轻微下滑