giáng trật

Thân thiện

Một sĩ quan bị giáng trật xuống cấp bậc thấp hơn.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To demote, to reduce in rank/grade: The act of officially lowering someone's position, rank, or grade to the next lower level, typically as a disciplinary measure or due to poor performance. This is a formal administrative or organizational term.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Do hành vi vi phạm kỷ luật, anh ta bị giáng trật từ chuyên viên chính xuống chuyên viên. (Due to disciplinary violations, he was demoted from senior specialist to specialist.)
  • Quyết định giáng trật hai bậc của Hội đồng kỷ luật đã có hiệu lực. (The disciplinary council's decision to reduce his rank by two grades has taken effect.)
  • Sau vụ bê bối, viên chức đó bị giáng trật. (After the scandal, that official was reduced in rank.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is almost exclusively used in formal contexts related to government bureaucracy, military, or corporate organizational structures. It implies an official, documented action.
• It often appears in official documents like disciplinary decisions, personnel orders, or legal texts.

Variants and Related Words

• Giáng chức (verb): To demote (often implying a removal from a specific office or title, not necessarily just a grade/rank).
• Hạ bậc (verb): To lower the rank/grade (a more general synonym).
• Cách chức (verb): To dismiss from a position; to strip of a title (a more severe penalty than ).
• Thăng trật (verb): To promote to the next higher rank/grade (the direct antonym).

Synonyms

• Demote
• Reduce in rank
• Downgrade (in the context of official rank)
• Relegate (can be used in formal contexts)

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Bị giáng trật: To be demoted / to suffer a demotion.
  • Ông ấy đã bị giáng trật vì tham nhũng. (He was demoted for corruption.)
• Quyết định giáng trật: Demotion order / decision.
  • Quyết định giáng trật đã được ký bởi giám đốc. (The demotion order was signed by the director.)

Học thuật

1. Reduce to the next lower rank (grade)