Word · Frequency #22492
demotions
降级；降职
demotions is the plural of demotion.
核心释义
An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.
- 1.
降级的行为；职位或地位的降低。
An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.
- 2.
降级,降职
act of lowering in rank or position
降级的行为；职位或地位的降低。；降级,降职；降级；降职；降等；[经] 降级
用法In use
After the failed project, his demotion to a junior role was announced on Monday.
用法提示：demotion 为名词，在句中作主语中心词，表示“降职”。
She considered the move to a smaller office a demotion and decided to quit.
用法提示：demotion 为名词，在句中作宾语补足语，表示“降职”。
There have been several demotions in the department since the reorganization.
用法提示：demotions 是 demotion 的复数形式，作 there be 句型的主语，表示“降职”。
demotion from sth to sth
表示从某一职位降到另一职位时，常用 from...to...。
His demotion from manager to assistant was hard to accept.
他从经理降职为助理，这让他很难接受。
demotion to sth
to 后接被降级后的职位或身份。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- receive a demotion
- 遭到降职
- He received a demotion after the project failed.项目失败后，他被降了职。
- face demotion
- 面临降级
- Several managers now face demotion for missing their targets.几名经理现在因未完成目标而面临降级。
- demotion from ... to ...
- 从……降到……
- Her demotion from manager to clerk was announced on Monday.周一宣布她从经理降为职员。
- unfair demotion
- 不公正的降职
- He filed a complaint about his unfair demotion.他就自己不公正的降职提出了申诉。
- appeal against a demotion
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：de-（向下）+ motion（移动）→ 职位向下移动，就是降级。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：职场中的职位或等级降低、军队或行政机构中的级别下降 demotion 是名词，表示降级或降职；语气比较正式，通常用于职场、军队或机构等涉及职位或等级的场合。口语中更常用动词 demote 表达“被降职”这个概念。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with 'demotion': they share the stressed vowel and following consonant sounds /oʊʃən/. Note that 'demolition' looks similar but is pronounced /ˌdɛməˈlɪʃən/ and does not rhyme.
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