downgrades

英 [ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪdz]

美 [ˌdaʊnˈɡreɪdz]

v.  使降职; 使降级; 贬低; 降低; 低估
downgrade的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 贬低;降低;低估
  If somethingis 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。
• VERB 使降职;使降级
  If someoneis 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。

双语例句

• Even broader downgrades threaten if other European governments don't shape up.
  如果其他欧洲国家的政府表现不佳的话，还有可能发生更大范围的评级下调。
• The trades helped Lehman to reduce its leverage and balance sheet at the height of the crisis, avoiding potentially costly rating downgrades but misleading investors as to the true state of its finances, Mr Valukas claims.
  沃卢克斯称，这些交易帮助雷曼在危机高峰时缩小自己的杠杆率和资产负债表，从而避免了潜在代价高昂的评级下调，但在其真实财务状况方面误导了投资者。
• Further purchases are possible, particularly if the fed again downgrades its economic forecasts.
  美联储还有可能进行进一步购买美国国债，尤其是如果它再次下调经济预测。
• And while this is partly political posturing, it is hard to deny that those downgrades are rocking markets.
  尽管某种程度上讲，这是一种政治姿态，但人们很难否认，这些评级下调举措正令市场受到震动。
• And, I suspect, more eurozone dramas – and downgrades in the coming weeks.
  我猜，未来几周，欧元区将出现更多戏剧性事件和评级下调。
• Insurers are already being threatened with downgrades by rating agencies for the terrorism cover they have sold.
  保险公司卖出的恐怖主义保单已经遭到评级机构的降级处理。
• Eurozone downgrades have had limited market impact, if any.
  欧元区评级下调对市场的影响有限，甚至可以说毫无影响。
• Meanwhile, other downgrades will follow for financials institutions such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  同时，其它降级将会紧随着像房利美和房地美公司这样的金融机构。
• Rating agencies are already under fire in the subprime mortgage world, although the final extent of defaults and downgrades is not yet known.
  评级机构已经因为次级抵押贷款领域的问题而备受攻击，不过，违约和降级的最终影响目前仍不得而知。
• The worry, however, is that the downgrades might continue into the more distant future.
  然而，令人担心的是，不断下调增长预测的现象可能延续到更遥远的未来。