demote

vt. 使降级；使降职

中文词源

demote 使降职

de-, 向下。-mot, 移动，词源同motive, promote. 即向下移动，降职。

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.: 要将一个在别人休产假期间顶替上来的人再降职是非常困难的。

2. An employer who has lost confidence in the ability of an employee may demote him.: 雇佣人对被雇佣人之能力失去信心时得予以降职.

4. Demote - Players can demote other players in the guild.: 降级–该成员能够降低其他成员的工会等级.