demoted

例句:

• If they prove ineffective they should be demoted or asked to retire.
  如果事实证明他们已无力胜任，应该将他们降级或让他们退休。
  来自柯林斯例句
• The club was demoted at the end of last season.
  上个赛季末该俱乐部被降级了。
  
• They have been demoted to less responsible jobs.
  他们被降职去做不太重要的工作。
  
• Rather than risk that, the Gosnell story was demoted.
  来自WSJ
• The two top prosecutors who were overseeing the Salehi case were demoted.
  来自NEWYORKER
• Do you ever get angry e-mails from astronomers about their planets being demoted?
  来自SA