downgrade

verb

1. 使降职；使降级
   to move sb/sth down to a lower rank or level
   1. She's been downgraded from principal to vice-principal.
      她已从校长降职为副校长。
2. 贬低；降低；低估
   to make sth/sb seem less important or valuable than it/they really are

1. VERB 贬低;降低;低估
   If something is downgraded, it is given less importance than it used to have or than you think it should have.
   1. The boy's condition has been downgraded from critical to serious...
      男孩已脱离生命危险，但病情仍很严重。
   2. The female role has been downgraded altogether in the drive for greater equality.
      在争取更多平等的运动中，女性角色完全被贬低了。
2. VERB 使降职;使降级
   If someone is downgraded, their job or status is changed so that they become less important or receive less money.
   1. There was no criticism of her work until after she was downgraded...
      在被降职前她的工作从未受过批评。
   2. His superiors suspended him, and then downgraded him.
      他的上司先将他暂时停职，随后把他降职。

1. The boy's condition has been downgraded from critical to serious
   男孩已脱离生命危险，但病情仍很严重。
2. The female role has been downgraded altogether in the drive for greater equality.
   在争取更多平等的运动中，女性角色完全被贬低了。
3. There was no criticism of her work until after she was downgraded
   在被降职前她的工作从未受过批评。
4. His superiors suspended him, and then downgraded him.
   他的上司先将他暂时停职，随后把他降职。
5. Any downgrade of Japanese sovereign debt would certainly increase the likelihood of a debt crisis.
   任何调低日本主权债务评级的行为，都会加大债务危机爆发的可能性。
6. What did you think of the speech President Obama gave in response to the downgrade?
   信用降级之后，奥巴马总统发表了演讲以示回应，您对此如何评价？
7. The main credit rating agencies say they are reviewing the U.S.government debt situation for a potential downgrade.
   主要的信誉评级机构表示，他们正在重审美国政府的债务状况，可能会将美国债务评级降低。
8. Last Thursday, Moody's Investors Service placed Fiat under observation for a possible downgrade on short-and long-term debt.
   上周四，穆迪投资者服务公司（Moody'sInvestorsService）将菲亚特列入了可能下调其短期和长期债务评级的观察名单。
9. The prime minister told reporters he was "not well informed" and could not immediately discuss the downgrade.
   首相对记者们说，他“不很了解情况”，因此无法对降级做出立即评论。
10. Bond traders said Moody's downgrade of Japan was not a surprise.
    债券交易员表示，穆迪下调日本评级并会令人惊讶。
11. However, a project of this kind can downgrade the fast and iterative character of the system development process.
    然而，这种类型的一个项目会降低系统开发过程的快速和迭代特性。
12. Another credit downgrade would follow.
    再一次的评级下调将指日可待。
13. However, the economic burden of the downgrade is not nearly as important as its symbolic and political impact.
    然而，评级下调对经济的影响远不及其象征意义和政治影响那么大。
14. Recently, several credit rating agencies formally announced they were evaluating a possible downgrade.
    近来，几家评级机构曾正式宣布，它们正在评估是否要下调某国的评级。
15. This triggered a sovereign debt downgrade and a sharp further fall in the already depreciated krona.
    这导致冰岛主权债务评级下调和本已贬值的冰岛克朗进一步暴跌。
16. If we found a way to downgrade, you can be sure that we'd share it.
    如果我们发现了一个方式降低等级，您能是肯定的，我们会分享它。
17. It was naive to think a distressed debt exchange could ever escape a rating downgrade.
    认为对不良债务进行互换就能逃脱评级下降的命运，实在是一种幼稚的想法。
18. Downgrade a negative change in the rating of a security.
    下调评级一种证券评级的负面变动。
19. So fear of a ratings downgrade will have to do.
    于是，这一责任就落到了对评级下调的恐惧上。
20. Rumours over an imminent credit rating downgrade have been denied by rating agencies and the government.
    有关法国评级可能即将遭到下调的谣言，已被评级机构与法国政府否认。
21. Rating agencies would blindly downgrade governments that participated and this would inevitably intensify the debt crisis.
    评级机构将盲目地下调相关政府的评级，而这必将加重债务危机。
22. Its analysis of France had been linked in a section on its website entitled "downgrade".
    在标普的网站上，其对法国的信用分析曾一度被链接至题为“降级”的部分。
23. Eurozone markets were hit hard following the downgrade.
    在穆迪下调葡萄牙评级之后，欧元区市场遭受重创。
24. "The downgrade reflects the additional fiscal costs of restructuring and supporting the banking system," Fitch said in the statement.
    “降级反映的是重组和支持银行业务系统的附加的财政的成本，”惠誉评级公司在声明中说。
25. This downgrade rate is higher than pre-economic crisis figures, said Jennifer Tennant, Moody's analyst.
    该公司分析师詹尼弗泰南特（JenniferTennant）表示：评级下调率高于以往经济危机时的数字。
26. A rating downgrade for France and the rest of the eurozone is thus logical and deserved.
    所以说，法国和欧元区其它国家评级遭到下调是合乎逻辑的，也是这些国家应得的。
27. But it's not clear that S& P's downgrade will have an effect on rates.
    但是，标普这回降级对利率的影响还不清楚。
28. The government is expected to downgrade its forecast for economic growth this year.
    预期政府将会下调今年的经济增长预测。
29. I negotiated a downgrade to breakfast and a deal was struck.
    我商量着将午餐降级为早餐，而对方也同意了。
30. Moody's yesterday placed the ratings of a PCCW subsidiary under review for possible downgrade.
    信用评级机构穆迪（Moody's）昨日将电讯盈科一家子公司置于评级可能下调的观察名单之列。

noun

1. the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends

verb

1. rate lower