单词downgrade
v.: 降低；使降职；使降级；贬低
n.: 下坡
adj.: 下坡的；衰落的
网络: 下调评级；退步；降等
使降职；使降级:
to move sb/sth down to a lower rank or level
贬低；降低；低估:
to make sth/sb seem less important or valuable than it/they really are
向下的
下坡的;衰落的
下坡度
越来越坏
不重视
退步
降等
降低...等级
走下坡路
降低(地位、级别、阶级等),贬低(他人);(美国政府文件)降低(保密级)
降级;降低
过去分词：downgraded
现在分词：downgrading
第三人称单数：downgrades
v.demotereducelowerrelegate
v.upgrade
He said he hoped the downgrade "will give us a renewed sense of urgency" in tackling deficits.
他说，他希望评级下调将使我们在应对赤字问题上有新的紧迫感。
A downgrade could happen before that if the current plan to reduce the budget deficit turns out not to be "credible, " he said.
他并表示，如果当前减少预算赤字的计划未能产生“可信的”结果，则穆迪亦有可能更早就调降美国债信评级。
Despite the downgrade, US government debt was one of the big beneficiaries of the sell-off .
尽管信用评级遭下调，但美国国债仍是昨日抛盘的一大受益者。
The news comes less than a week after rival ratings agency Moody"s put Japan"s bonds under review for a possible downgrade.
在其对手----莫迪信用等级机构就可能发生的降级而对日本证券进行复核，不到一个星期之后，普尔公司即传出这一消息。
He said it isn"t just a possible French downgrade, but other triple-A countries as well, such as Austria.
他说，不仅是法国评级有可能被下调，奥地利等其他AAA评级国家也有可能被下调。
On top of that, Obama will now be branded as the president who presided over the national humiliation of a debt downgrade.
更重要的是，奥巴马则会被冠以他在总统任期内美国因为主权债务降级而蒙受了国耻的罪名。
He said the chance of a downgrade represents "a higher risk level for the Treasury market than at any point in the memorable past" .
他指出，评级遭下调的可能性代表着“美国国债市场的风险水平高于记忆所及的任何时候”。
The environment does seem to have changed to a more gold-positive one, on the back of S&P threatening to downgrade the U. S. credit rating.
在标准普尔扬言可能调降美国债信评等的背景下，大环境似乎已变为对金价较为有利。
Brett Rose, head of U. S. rates strategy at Citigroup Global Markets, said, "On Friday, I said it was 50-50" there would be a downgrade.
花旗环球金融（CitigroupGlobalMarkets）美国利率策略主管罗斯（BrettRose）说，上周五我曾说过美国信用评级被下调的概率是50%。
S& P said the error wasn"t triggered by "any ratings surveillance activity, " quashing talk that it was set to downgrade France.
标普说，出现这样的失误并不是因为正在对评级进行任何评估活动，进而平息了有关标普打算下调法国评级的议论。