| 单词 | downgrade |
| 释义 | downgrade (daʊngreɪd ) Word forms: downgrades , downgrading , downgraded 1. verb [usually passive] If something is downgraded, it is given less importance than it used to have or than you think it should have. The boy's condition has been downgraded from critical to serious. [be VERB-ed] 2. verb If someone is downgraded, their job or status is changed so that they become less important or receive less money. There was no criticism of her work until after she was downgraded. [be VERB-ed] His superiors suspended him, and then downgraded him. [VERB noun] Synonyms: demote, degrade, take down a peg [informal], lower or reduce in rank Collocations: downgrade a rating Greece's rating was downgraded to junk status last year owing to the risk of default. Times, Sunday Times (2011) If its rating is downgraded to junk in December the cost of borrowing will rise. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Portugal's credit rating was downgraded to junk status yesterday as a 24- hour general strike brought the country to a near standstill. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Downgrade the importance of these ceremonies, which will hopefully also ease the pain for subsequent hosts. Times, Sunday Times This might be a good reason to downgrade the importance of interviews. Times, Sunday Times Not only do they downgrade the importance of basic environmental and geopolitical factors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many downgraded the importance of complaints because forces left grading decisions to 'control room operators who may be unaware of the history or the impact of the behaviour being reported'. Times, Sunday Times Crucially, however, they downgraded the importance of a large number of observational studies in which people were surveyed about their diet and then had their health tracked over time. Times,Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 降级 Japanese: 格下げする |
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