On paper, the job shift suggest a big demotion in power.

理论上来说，职位转换意味着权力的降级。

At least it's been downgraded to a theory.

至少被降级成猜测了。

And agencies are already beginning to warn that credit downgrades are likely.

机构已经开始警告信用降级的可能性。

Great Britain and France had officially been demoted to the minor leagues for good.

英国和法国都被官方永久降级为小联盟国。

One club that knows all about relegation is Luton Town FC.

卢顿足球俱乐部是一家对降级了如指掌的俱乐部。

Some economist interpreted this as a signal of a 'consumption downgrade.'

一些经济学家将这种读为“消费降级”的信号。

In 2009, Luton Town were relegated entirely from the English League.

2009年，卢顿足球俱乐部从英格兰联赛彻底降级。

He called the price increases and size decreases " down-switching."

称价格上涨和尺寸缩小是“消费降级”。

Though I will admit there were a handful of days I downgraded to option 2.

虽然我承认有几天我降级到第二个选项。

I downgraded to a clamshell for emergencies only.

我已降级为翻盖式电话，只在紧急下用。

But you will also see the opposite word which is de-escalate.

但你也会看到相反的词，即“降级”。

What the call Upgraders and Downgraders?

什么叫升级者，什么又叫降级者？

Rating agencies responded by downgrading monolines' own debt.

评级机构的回应是，对单线保险公司的债务降级。

Harrison still a junior member was relegated to the backseat.

哈里森仍然是一名初级成员，被降级到了后座。

" This is the dawn of the de-escalation era, " says Hurvitz.

“这一发现堪称拉开了降级时代的序幕，”赫维兹说。

Instead of riot cops wading in, de-escalation and crowd self-regulation took over.

防暴警察没有介入，取而代之的是冲突降级和人群自律。

Whether or not you should downgrade your Android is a different story.

你是否应该降级你的 Android 手机是另一回事。

People mistakenly view this downgrade, this quote-unquote " downgrade" from a wind speed perspective as less risk.

人们错误地认为这种降级，从风速的角度来看，这种所谓的“降级”代表风险变低了。

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

她曾经是我们的主唱，但是我们让她降级了，因为她还不够优秀。

All right. So how much downsizing are we up for? Townhouse? Condo?

好吧，那我们要降级到什么程度？住排房？还是公寓？