1. 明升暗降：kickback:回扣,佣金 | kick upstairs:明升暗降 | ★towards prep. 朝,向
2. 使明升暗降：right-hand man 得力助手 | kick upstairs 使明升暗降 | get booted 被赶出
3. 把某人踢到樓上去,表面上是讓他居高位,但實際上是為了自己的利益：We made our bed, we sleep in it. 我們自己闖的禍,我們自己擔. | kick upstairs 把某人踢到樓上去,表面上是讓他居高位,但實際上是為了自己的利益 | trickle 涓絹細流
1. Kick sb. upstairs
踢起； 激起；引起骚乱等
2. They decided to kick him upstairs and appointed 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。
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3. 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。
4. 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。
5. The only way for us to get rid of old Smith is to kick him upstairs; then we'll be able to appoint Brown
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。
6. When they tried to kick Mr Dangeard upstairs to be non-executive chairman, he chose to resign instead.
当董事们试图委任唐夏先生为非执行主席来架空他时，他却选择了辞职。
7. Kick upstairs To promote to a higher yet less desirable position.
明升暗降：提升到较高但极不理想的职位
8. Definitely, the new position is not a good place for you to take. The tricks are no more than kick your upstairs, send you to the location and department you don`t like or find someone to spy you everyday.
当然，那种岗位肯定不会是让你能舒服的，它们不外乎明升暗降、让你去不愿意去的地方和部门或者是找个你不喜欢的人天天盯着你。
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9. However, the word that uses beautiful in-house public figure will tell, li Dong comes vice president of group of home appliance of this transfer refrigeration, this belongs to kick upstairs.
然而，用美的内部人士的话来讲，李东来此次调任制冷家电集团副总裁，这属于明升暗降。
10. 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。
11. 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。