downgrade
美音:
[´daung´reıd
]英音:
[´daung´reıd
]n.下坡,退步 adj.下坡的,使降级,小看
难易程度:
downgrade为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:downgraded 过去分词:downgraded 现在分词:downgrading 第三人称单数:downgrades
downgrade
/'daʊngreɪd; `daun,ˇred/
v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (from sth) (to sth) reduce sb/sth to a lower grade, rank or level of importance 使某人[某事物]降级、降职或降低重要性
*She's been downgraded (from principal) to deputy. 她已(从校长)降为副校长. Cf 参看 upgrade.
downgrade
v [T]to make a job less important, or to move someone to a less important job
≠
upgradeto make something seem less important or valuable than it is
Police often downgrade the seriousness of violence against women in the home.to state that something is not as serious as it was
Hurricane Bob has been downgraded to a tropical storm.