動(dòng)詞 demote:

1. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
   同義詞：bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs

1. He was demoted from sergeant to corporal.
   他由中士降到下士。

de.mote

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
de.mot.ed,de.mot.ing,de.motes
To reduce in grade, rank, or status.
降級(jí)：降低等級(jí)、級(jí)別或地位

來(lái)源：
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(pro)mote
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【引伸】
demo.tion
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>demote,break,bust,degrade,downgrade,reduceThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to lower in grade, rank, or status.:
這些動(dòng)詞共有的一個(gè)中心意義是.降低等級(jí)、級(jí)別或地位.：
例句：
was demoted from captain to lieutenant;
統(tǒng)領(lǐng)降為副手；

例句：
a noncommissioned officer broken to the ranks;
一個(gè)被降級(jí)銜但還未受任命的軍官；

例句：
a detective who was busted to uniformed traffic patrol for insubordination;
因不服從命令而被降級(jí)到穿統(tǒng)一制服的交通巡邏隊(duì)的偵探；

例句：
a supervisor degraded to an assistant;
被降為侍者的管理人員；

例句：
a popular author downgraded by critical opinion to a genre writer;
因批評(píng)性言論被降為專(zhuān)題作者的知名作家；

例句：
a captain who was reduced from command of a battleship to administrative duty ashore. promote
從戰(zhàn)艦的指揮官降到行政職務(wù)的船長(zhǎng) promote