demotion to something collocation a move to a lower position or rank: The club were threatened with demotion to the Second Division.这家俱乐部面临降级到乙级队的危险。 He was unfazed by the demotion from professor to college tutor. See
demotion There are plenty of people who celebrated his demotion from Olympic icon to drugs cheat. Colleagues say she would resign rather than face a demotion to another department. Her demotion to the substitutes' bench after how she played last weekend is a mystery. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Promoting staff aggrandizement anointment ascend ascension career ladder elevate elevation enthrone exalt fast track free transfer promote promotion reinstall reinstallation relegate secondment subordinate wilderness wilderness yearsidiom |