downgrade sth
downgrade 是及物动词,宾语通常是被降低级别或评价的事物,如“评级、职位、重要性”。
The rating agency downgraded the company's debt.
评级机构下调了该公司的债务评级。
降级;降低(评级)
贬低;贬损;使降级;降低位置。;降低复杂性或去掉不必要部分;简化。;贬低;诋毁。;降低对风暴强度的官方估计
to give a lower rating or rank to something
使降级;降低位置。
To place lower in position.
降低复杂性或去掉不必要部分;简化。
To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down.
贬低;诋毁。
To disparage.
降低对风暴强度的官方估计
to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
将软件恢复到旧版本
To revert software back to an older version.
一般现在时
They downgrade the software every year.
他们每年都会降低软件的等级。
一般过去时
The company downgraded its profit forecast last quarter.
公司上个季度下调了利润预测。
现在进行时
The agency is downgrading the country's credit rating.
该机构正在下调该国的信用评级。
规则动词,过去式和过去分词均为 downgraded。
The airline downgraded my seat to economy because the business class was full.
航空公司把我的座位降级到了经济舱,因为商务舱已满。
用法提示:这里 downgrade 作及物动词,表示“降低(等级/舱位)”,后接宾语 my seat,再接 to 引出降到的等级。
The agency downgraded the storm from a hurricane to a tropical storm.
该机构把这场风暴从飓风降级为热带风暴。
用法提示:这里 downgrade 作及物动词,表示“降低(级别)”,常用于 downgrade something from... to... 的结构。
The company decided to downgrade the phone's operating system to fix the battery problem.
公司决定将手机操作系统降级,以解决电池问题。
用法提示:这里 downgrade 作及物动词,表示“将(软件/系统)降级”,后接宾语 the phone's operating system。
downgrade 是及物动词,宾语通常是被降低级别或评价的事物,如“评级、职位、重要性”。
The rating agency downgraded the company's debt.
评级机构下调了该公司的债务评级。
常用 from... to... 结构,明确指出从原有级别降到较低级别。
The company downgraded the position from manager to assistant.
公司将该职位从经理降为助理。
被动语态表示“被降级”,to 后面接降级后的级别或状态。
The diagnosis was downgraded to a lesser condition.
诊断结果被降级为较轻的病情。
downgrade 作名词,意为“下坡”,常用于指道路或地形的向下倾斜;与定冠词 the 搭配使用。
The cyclist gained speed on the downgrade.
自行车骑手下坡时速度加快了。
demote 特指职位或军衔等正式等级的下调,对象多为人;downgrade 还可用于评级、版本、价值等,范围更广。
lower 语气中性,泛指高度、程度或数值的降低;downgrade 多含“等级下调”的正式色彩,常用于评级或职位。
devalue 主要指货币或价值的下降,多用于经济语境;downgrade 可用于评级、版本等,不限于价值。
degrade 强调使质量、品格或尊严下降,语气较重;downgrade 更中性,也多用于系统或职位的等级调整。
belittle 仅指用言语使人或事物显得不重要,不涉及实际等级或数值的改变;downgrade 可指客观评级的下降。
grammar · medium
易错句子The rating is downgrade by the agency.
正确表达The rating has been downgraded by the agency.
这里把 downgrade 当成了形容词,但作“降低评级”讲时它是动词,被动语态要用过去分词 downgraded,与 be 动词构成 has been downgraded。
grammar · medium
易错句子The stock got downgrade from analysts.
正确表达The stock got a downgrade from analysts.
downgrade 作名词表示“降级”时是可数名词,单数前需要加冠词 a,不能裸用。
grammar · medium
易错句子The bank downgraded the stock from buy into sell.
正确表达The bank downgraded the stock from buy to sell.
表示从某一评级降至另一评级时,固定搭配是 downgrade ... from ... to ...,介词用 to,不能用 into。
动词义(vt.)的相反词:指提高等级、价值或评价;与 downgrade(降低、贬低)相对。
名词义(n.)的相反词:指向上的斜坡或上升;与 downgrade(下坡)相对。
形容词/副词义(a./adv.)的相反词:指上坡的或向上地;与 downgrade(下坡的/向下地)相对。
downgrade 侧重评级、地位或重要性被调低,如信用评级降级;degrade 侧重质量、尊严或环境恶化,也可指物质降解。
downgrade 可泛指等级、评价等降低;demote 特指职位、军衔等正式级别的下降,常带职务变动。
downgrade 的“贬低”多指降低评价或评级;belittle 指用言语或态度小看、贬损某人或某事。
下调信用评级
The agency decided to downgrade the country's credit rating.
该机构决定下调该国的信用评级。
降低威胁级别
Officials downgraded the threat level after the suspect was captured.
嫌疑人被捕后,官员们降低了威胁级别。
贬低某人的作用
She felt her boss wanted to downgrade her role in the project.
她觉得老板想贬低她在项目中的作用。
陡峭的下坡路
The driver slowed down on the steep downgrade.
司机在陡峭的下坡路上放慢了车速。
down-(向下)+ grade(等级)
up-(向上)+ grade(等级)
de-(向下/去除)+ grade(等级)
down-(向下)+ play(扮演/演奏)
走下坡路;每况愈下
After the scandal, his career was on the downgrade.
丑闻之后,他的事业每况愈下。
不要降低你的梦想去适应现实,而要提升你的信念去匹配你的命运。
This famous quote warns against downgrading your ambitions when life gets hard.
这句名言告诫人们,不要因为生活困难就降低自己的志向。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.