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单词 downgrade
释义
downgrade
verb[T]
uk
/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪd/us
/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪd/
toreducesomeone or something to alowerrankorposition, or tocausesomething to beconsideredlessimportantorvaluable:
（使）降级；（使）降职；贬低；轻视
My job's been downgradedtothat ofordinaryeditor.我已经被降为普通编辑了。
We can'tletthemanagementdowngrade theimportanceofsafetyatwork.我们决不能允许管理层轻视安全生产问题。
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Deteriorating and making worse
downgrade
noun[C]
uk
/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪd/us
/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪd/
theprocessof downgrading:
降级；降职；贬低；轻视
Acreditratingdowngrade wouldraisetheircostofborrowing.信誉等级的降低会导致借贷费用的上涨。
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  • be (all) downhillidiom
  • debase
  • deteriorate
  • deterioration
  • devaluation
  • devalue
  • disintegrate
  • dog
  • one step forward, two steps backidiom
  • regress
  • regression
  • regressive
  • relapse
  • retrograde
  • worse
  • worsen
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(Definition ofdowngradefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

downgrade| American Dictionary

downgrade
verb[T]
us
/ˈdɑʊnˌɡreɪd/
toreducesomeone or something to alowerrankorposition; to make lessimportantor lessvalued:
Theythreatenedto downgrade mycreditratingif I don’tpaythebillimmediately.
(Definition ofdowngradefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

downgrade| Business English

downgrade
verb[T]
uk
/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪd/us
/ˈdaʊnɡreɪd/
FINANCE
tostatethat something such as acompanyislikelytoproducelessprofitorgrowth, to be lessabletopaybackdebt, etc. than waspreviouslythought:
downgradestocks/shares
downgrade sth's rating/statusInvestmentbankMerrill Lynch downgraded the company'sstatusfrom 'buy' to 'neutral'.
TheChancellorblamedhigheroilpricesfor the downgradedgrowthforecast.
HR
to make ajoblesssenior,skilled, orimportantthan before, or to put someone into a lessseniororimportantjob:
The newcontractseffectivelydowngradedtheirjobstomatchtheircolleagues'lowerpay.
Theagreementmayleadto one in sixstaffbeing downgraded.
downgrade
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdaʊnɡreɪd/us
FINANCE
astatementthat something such as a company'sprofit,abilitytopaybackdebt, etc. will be less than wasexpected:
Acreditratingdowngradewouldraisetheircostofborrowing.
(Definition ofdowngradefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdowngrade

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During the interval, eighty-eight had been made redundant, downgraded or fired from work.
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The relative importance of each of these top-ranking issues was, however, distinctly downgraded relative to other issues between 1996 and 2000.
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Crucially, when a rating agency downgrades a security to speculative grade, the agency has effectively commanded certain regulated investors to sell.
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Therefore, our statistical tests probably downgraded the effects of latent toxoplasmosis on the psychomotor performance.
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Moral virtue would be downgraded because it would no longer be required for heaven.
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Before examining downgraded forms, however, a few comments regarding phrasing are warranted.
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The learners used a variety of syntactic downgrading with more accuracy than lexical downgrading.
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Since downgraded bread wheat will mainly be used for feed, the supply of feed wheat is heavily influenced by the quality of bread wheat.
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Failure to meet these criteria leads to downgrading to feed quality.
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The report shows that between 1985 and 1990 15 per cent of rivers were downgraded, whilst only 11 per cent were upgraded.
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A second practice for downgrading first position assessments involves the use of tag questions.
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Of interest to the present study is the observation that downgrading is systematically blocked just in case the first word contains a long vowel.
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In none of these cases is downgrading observed.
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In the long term, this strategy has advantages in terms of containing public sector liabilities, but involves further downgrading the contributory principle.
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Partial functions of the products are upgraded or downgraded in either parametric or structural level.
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