记忆方法
将“demote”拆分为“de-”和“motivate”。想象“de-”代表从高处往下降，“motivate”代表激励或鼓舞。将两者结合，就仿佛是有人从一个激励或鼓舞的位置被降低到不那么令人鼓舞的位置，即被降职或降级。这种对比和动态变化有助于记忆“demote”这个词的含义。
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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。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 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.
- 3. I should demote you from senior minister to elder.
- 我要把你从高级牧师降级为长老.
- 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.
- 5. Cannot demote this field, table, or query.
- 无法对该字段 、 表或查询进行降级.
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