1.〈美〉使降级
1.to give someone a lower rank or a less important job
2.to give something a less important position
1.Mr Yung's daughter, Frances, then listed as the company's "director, group finance" , was demoted for her role in the scandal.
荣智健的女儿荣明方（FrancesYung）因其在丑闻中所扮演的角色而被降级。当时她被列为中信泰富的“集团财务部董事”。
2.It also said the company demoted those women and replaced them with "junior" male employees.
诉状还称，这些女性雇员会被公司降职处理，原职位则被资历较浅的男性雇员替代。
3.Demoted and ignored by nearly everyone for a year, he said: "There was no understanding. "
他被降了职，一年来几乎所有人都没有注意到他的酗酒问题。他说：“没人了解。”
4.If they had known the children were going to lose their scholarships and that Alice would be demoted , they would have never done it.
早知道俩孩子保不住奖学金和艾丽丝被降职，他们就不会这么做了。
5.Man Logistics company business JiYe, deputy minister with a strong means improved performance results, and therefore be demoted.
物流公司的营业部副部长吉野，用强硬的手段提高了业绩成果，也因此被降职。
6.all the life suddenly went out of him and he was demoted from hero to victim.
就在树林中，所有的生命突然就从他身体里抽离了
7.A teacher who helped a relative get into university by one of his students has been expelled from the Party and demoted.
一名通过盗用学生身份帮助自己亲戚上大学的老师已被开出党籍并受到降级处分。
8.The demoted giants do lead the Serie B standings by five points and with a game in hand over Piacenza , but Deschamps has called for focus.
降级的豪门目前以五分领跑乙级联赛，尽管普遍认为这场比赛手到擒来，但德尚仍希望球队要集中精力。
9.Correction: The title of this slide initially elevated mushrooms into the "animal" kingdom. They have been appropriately demoted.
更正：这张图片最初的标题将蘑菇升级成了动物王国的一员，它们已经被理所应当的降级了。
10.Only in his letters to close friends, Liu Zongyuan mentioned his hardship in life, diseases, loneliness, and hope since he had been demoted.
柳宗元在给亲近友人的书信中说到他被贬后的生活困难、百病缠身、孤独苦闷、失望；