kick upstairs

英 [kɪk ˌʌpˈsteəz] 美 [kɪk ˌʌpˈsterz]

〈英·非正〉使明升暗降



双语例句

  1. The board of trustees decided to kick the president of the company upstairs.
    理事会决定将该公司的总经理明升暗降。
  2. We kick China out of the house on a dark Monday, two days after Christmas, while the children are asleep upstairs.
    圣诞节两天后一个昏暗的星期一,当孩子们还在楼上熟睡的时候,我们将所有“中国”踢出了家门。
  3. The only way for us to get rid of old Smith is to kick him upstairs; then we'll be able to appoint Brown As the range dropped to four thousand, the option to surface was dimming.
    对我们来说,搬掉老史密斯的唯一办法是给他来个明升暗降,然后我们才能任命布朗。等到测距降到四千码的时候,升上水面的机会就暗淡了。
  4. They decided to kick him upstairs and appoint a younger man to take his place.
    他们决定对他明升暗降,让一位比他年轻的人来接替他目前的职位。

英英释义

verb

  1. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
    1. John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
    2. Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
    3. I got promoted after many years of hard work

    Synonym:    promoteupgradeadvanceraiseelevate