v.使降级，使降职( demote的第三人称单数 )

1.He was demoted from sergeant to corporal.

[汉]他由中士降到下士。

2.I should demote you from senior minister to elder.

[汉]我要把你从高级牧师降级为长老。

3.Why did the mayor demote the official?

[汉]为什么市长要把这名官员降职？