英语词汇“downgrade”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

downgradedowngrade1 /ˈdaʊngreɪd/ verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

downgrade

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	downgrade
	he, she, it	downgrades
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	downgraded
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have downgraded
	he, she, it	has downgraded
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had downgraded
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will downgrade
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have downgraded

Continuous Form
Present	I	am downgrading
	he, she, it	is downgrading
	you, we, they	are downgrading
Past	I, he, she, it	was downgrading
	you, we, they	were downgrading
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been downgrading
	he, she, it	has been downgrading
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been downgrading
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be downgrading
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been downgrading

1to make a job less important, or to move someone to a less important job SYN demote OPP upgrade: After the merger, many reporters were reassigned or downgraded.downgrade somebody/something to something Harris was downgraded to assistant manager.2to treat something as less important, valuable, or serious than before, or than it really is OPP upgrade: The police were accused of downgrading the seriousness of violence against women.downgrade something to something Hurricane Bob was downgraded to a tropical storm late Monday.