[书] ❶ (降职； 贬斥) de￣ mote; banish; exile; relegate: 贬 ～ relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying district in feudal times ❷ (神仙受了处罚， 降到人间) (of fairies, etc.) be banished from Heaven ❸ (责备； 指谪) blame; censure: 众口交 ～ be censured by everybody ◆谪居 live in exile; 谪戌边陲 banished to the frontiers