Downgrade



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使...降低
• ［英］ v. 使...降低 ( reduce to a lower grade, rank or level of importance)
• ［例］ She has been downgraged from pricipal to deputy.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Date: 1857
• 1. a downward grade (as of a road)
• 2. a descent toward an inferior state <a career on the downgrade>

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1930
• 1. to lower in quality, value, status, or extent
• 2. minimize, depreciate

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