kick upstairs

英 [kɪk ˌʌpˈsteəz]

美 [kɪk ˌʌpˈsterz]

〈英·非正〉使明升暗降

英英释义

verb

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
  1. John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
  2. Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
  3. I got promoted after many years of hard work
  Synonym:promoteupgradeadvanceraiseelevate

双语例句

• The only way for us to get rid of old Smith is to kick him upstairs; then we'll be able to appoint Brown As the range dropped to four thousand, the option to surface was dimming.
  对我们来说，搬掉老史密斯的唯一办法是给他来个明升暗降，然后我们才能任命布朗。等到测距降到四千码的时候，升上水面的机会就暗淡了。
• They decided to kick him upstairs and appoint a younger man to take his place.
  他们决定对他明升暗降，让一位比他年轻的人来接替他目前的职位。
• We kick China out of the house on a dark Monday, two days after Christmas, while the children are asleep upstairs.
  圣诞节两天后一个昏暗的星期一，当孩子们还在楼上熟睡的时候，我们将所有“中国”踢出了家门。
• The board of trustees decided to kick the president of the company upstairs.
  理事会决定将该公司的总经理明升暗降。