"downgrade" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 降级
• 降低

Definition

将某人或某事降为较低级别或较不重要的等级。常用于服务、职位或评级的场合。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

较常见于正式或商业环境，技术（如软件降级）、职位、服务或评级经常使用。与“position”、“service”、“rating”、“status”等词搭配。既可作动词也可作名词。

Examples

After the scandal, the company’s credit rating was downgraded.

丑闻发生后，这家公司的信用评级被**降低**了。

They decided to downgrade her position at work.

他们决定**降级**她的职位。

His account was downgraded to a basic plan.

他的账户被**降级**为基础套餐。

The movie was downgraded from PG-13 to PG.

这部电影被**降级**，从PG-13变成了PG。

We had to downgrade our hotel room because the nicer ones were sold out.

由于更好的房间已满，我们只好**降级**我们的酒店房间。

I had to downgrade my phone's software because the latest version had bugs.

我不得不**降级**手机的软件，因为最新版本有漏洞。