v.使降低；使降級
n.下坡路
You can't downgrade the litte boy. 你不可小看那個小男孩。
He tried to downgrade the latest research findings. 他極力貶低這個最新研究成果。
She's been downgraded (from principal) to deputy. 她已(從校長)降為副校長。
用作名詞 (n.)It is difficult to drive down a steep downgrade. 很難從陡峭的坡度把車子開下去。
The store's business has been on the downgrade for the past few years. 最近幾年這家商店的生意每況愈下。
