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双解例句
小知识
To demote someone is to move them into a less important job. Your coffee shop boss might demote you to wiping tables if your attempts to froth milk and pull espresso shots continuously fail.
When your employer demotes you, she assigns you an easier task or even an entirely new, lower-ranked position. You may even earn less money. In the military, to demote is to move a soldier down in rank, usually as a punishment. The opposite of demote is promote, which came first. The prefix de- gives the word a sense of “down” or “down from.”
实用短语
词根词缀
词根: mot
=move,表示”运动”
adj.
motive 发动的,运动的mot运动+ive……的→n.动机,目的 adj.发动的,运动的
remote 远的,遥远的,疏远的,偏僻的,细微的re回+mot运动+e→动回去→退回去→遥远的
n.
commotion 动乱com共同+motion动→大家一起动→动乱
motion 运动,动;提议,动议mot运动+ion表名词→n.运动,动;提议,动议
motive 动机,目的mot运动+ive……的→n.动机,目的 adj.发动的,运动的
motor 发动机, 电动机,汽车mot运动+or物器→n.发动机, 电动机,汽车
motorcycle 摩托车, 机车motor汽车+cycle=cycl圆,环→圆,环[轮胎]占大部分的车→摩托车, 机车
motorway 汽车高速公路motor汽车+way路→n.汽车高速公路
promotion 促进;提升;创立promote[v.促进;提升]+ion表名词→n.促进;提升;创立
v.
demote 降级,降职de向下+mot运动+e→向下动→降级
emote [美口]夸张地作为, 表现感情e出+mot运动+e→动出[感情]
motivate 促动;激励,鼓励,作为……的动机motive动机,目的+ate表动词→motivate使有动机→推动
promote 促进;提升pro向前+mot动+3→向前动→促进