downgrade
verb🔊/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪd/
🔊/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they downgrade | 🔊/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪd/ 🔊/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪd/ |
| he / she / it downgrades | 🔊/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪdz/ 🔊/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪdz/ |
| past simple downgraded | 🔊/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪdɪd/ 🔊/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪdɪd/ |
| past participle downgraded | 🔊/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪdɪd/ 🔊/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form downgrading | 🔊/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪdɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪdɪŋ/ |
- downgrade somebody/something (from something) (to something)
to move somebody/something down to a lower rank or level 使降职；使降级 - downgrade something/somebody
to make something/somebody seem less important or valuable than it/they really are 贬低；降低；低估 compare upgrade