She was our lead singer, but we demoted her because she wasn't good enough.

她曾经是我们的主唱，但是我们让她级了，因为她还不够优秀。

I've been demoted to dwarf planet status, so please listen.

我被格成了矮行星，所以请好好听。

And she was so incensed at your demoting Hugh from the management of the mill.

且，她对于你不让休再经营那个木厂也很生气呢。

But I actually didn't demote Pluto. That was a vote of the International Astronomical Union.

其实不是我的一家言 是国际天文联合会投票决定的。

But you were quite right in demoting him.

不过你把他撤了是完全对的。

In his appointments to government jobs, Mr Sunak demoted the status of the minister for climate policies.

在任命政府职位时，苏纳克低了气候政策部长的职位。

Burns Strider was accused of sexually harassing a young female staffer. He was demoted, but not fired.

因性侵一名年轻女员工，伯恩斯·斯特赖德到质控，但他只到了级处分，并没有被开除。

It found in favour of a mother who had sued a medical practice in Hiroshima for demoting her.

一名曾任职于广岛市某医院的女性就自己因怀孕职一事入禀法院，终获胜诉。

More than seventy-five years later, that planetary status was revoked and Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet.

在超过75年以后，冥王星行星的地位被取消，并被级为一颗矮行星。

I'm washing dishes. Well, I was on the turkey line, but I got demoted for being too generous with the gravy.

我来刷盘子啊, 我本来是分火鸡的, 但因为肉汁给太多，被下放来刷盘子了。

Humor is very powerful in denigrating and demoting people.

幽默可以很有力地贬低和低人们的地位。

So, what does it mean “to be demoted”?

那么，“被贬” 是什么意思呢？

So, “demoted” is not a good thing.

所以，“职” 可不是什么好事。

Technically, he'd been demoted to President of Technology, but he knew what that really meant.

从技术上讲，他已经职为技术裁，但他明白这实际上意味着什么。

So " demoted" means to get a lower position.

所以“职”意味着职位低了。

But then in 2006 scientists demoted this celestial body to a dwarf planet.

但到了2006年，学家们将这颗天体级为矮行星。

He started yelling at people, maybe he fired some people, maybe demoted some people.

他开始对人大吼大叫， 也许他解雇了一些人， 也许职了一些人。

No individual gets promoted or demoted alone.

没有人单独晋升或职。

They might feel like they're demoted, they're like, oh, we don't trust her.

他们可能觉得自己被职了，心里会想，哦，我们不信任她。

He was essentially demoted, so that impacted him, I think, mentally, and also his ego.

他实际上被职了，这我认为对他的心理和自尊心都产生了影响。