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demote 音标拼音: [dɪm'ot] vt. 使降级,使降职,使降等 使降级,使降职,使降等 demote v 1: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" [synonym: {demote}, {bump}, {relegate}, {break}, {kick downstairs}] [ant: {advance}, {elevate}, {kick upstairs}, {promote}, {raise}, {upgrade}] Demote \De*mote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demoting}.] [Pref. de- mote, as in promote; cf. L. demovere to remove.] To reduce to a lower grade or rank, as in the military, one's employment, or in school; to assign to a lower position. Syn: bump, relegate, kick downstairs, break one's rank. [Webster 1913 Suppl. PJC WordNet 1.5] 55 Moby Thesaurus words for "demote": abase, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, debase, defrock, degrade, demean, dement, deplume, depose, deprive, disbar, discharge, disemploy, disgrade, dismiss, displace, displume, downgrade, drum out, expel, fire, furlough, give the ax, give the gate, humble, kick, kick upstairs, lay off, let go, let out, lower, make redundant, pension off, read out of, reduce, release, remove, replace, retire, sack, separate forcibly, strip, strip of rank, superannuate, surplus, suspend, turn off, turn out, unfrock
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