• vt. 使降級；使降職

de-, 向下。-mot, 移動，詞源同motive, promote. 即向下移動，降職。

demote (v.)

1881, American English coinage from de- + stem of promote. Said to have been Midwestern in origin.

Regarding an antithesis to 'promote,' the word universally in use in Cambridge, in Harvard College, is drop. The same word is in use in the leading schools here (Boston). I hope I may be counted every time against such barbarisms as 'demote' and 'retromote.' [Edward Everett Hale, 1892, letter to the publishers of "Funk & Wagnalls' Standard Dictionary"]

Related: Demoted; demoting.

1. 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。

來自柯林斯例句

2. An employer who has lost confidence in the ability of an employee may demote him.

雇傭人對被雇傭人之能力失去信心時得予以降職.

來自辭典例句

3. I should demote you from senior minister to elder.

我要把你從高級牧師降級為長老.

來自互聯(lián)網

4. Demote - Players can demote other players in the guild.

降級–該成員能夠降低其他成員的工會等級.

來自互聯(lián)網

5. Cannot demote this field, table, or query.

無法對該字段 、 表或查詢進行降級.

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