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relegate v.使降级；流放；移交；委任 (1) 斯珀尔斯队会降为丙级队吗? Relegate rhymes with delegate––both words derive from the Latin legare "send." Relegate means to send someone down in rank. Delegate means to send someone in your place to complete a task. In the workplace, managers who can't figure out how to delegate may get relegated to a lesser rank.

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英 ['relɪɡeɪt] 美 ['relɪɡeɪt] (1) Will Spurs be relegated to the third division? Relegate means assign to a lower position. If the quarterback of the football team stops making decent throws he might be relegated to the position of benchwarmer, while another kid is given the chance to play. 1[VERB 动词]贬黜；把…降级；把…降格 If you relegate someone or something to a less important position, you give them this position.   [V n to n]Might it not be better to relegate the King to a purely ceremonial function?...让国王变成纯粹发挥典礼仪式上象征作用的元首会不会更好？Other newspapers relegated the item to the middle pages.其他的报纸把这条消息降格报道，放到了中间版面。2[VERB 动词]使(球队)降级 If a sports team that competes in a league is relegated, it has to compete in a lower division in the next competition, because it was one of the least successful teams in the higher division.   [be V-ed]  [be V-ed to n]  [usu passive]  [BRIT 英]If Leigh lose, they'll be relegated.如果利失球，他们将会降级。...a team about to be relegated to the second division.即将被降到乙级的球队。relegationRelegation to the Third Division would prove catastrophic.降到丙级将是灾难性的。

英语单词	relegate
英美音标	英 ['relɪɡeɪt] 美 ['relɪɡeɪt]
中文释义	v.使降级；流放；移交；委任
英语例句	(1) Will Spurs be relegated to the third division?
中文例句	(1) 斯珀尔斯队会降为丙级队吗?
vocabulary简明	Relegate means assign to a lower position. If the quarterback of the football team stops making decent throws he might be relegated to the position of benchwarmer, while another kid is given the chance to play.
vocabulary扩展	Relegate rhymes with delegate––both words derive from the Latin legare "send." Relegate means to send someone down in rank. Delegate means to send someone in your place to complete a task. In the workplace, managers who can't figure out how to delegate may get relegated to a lesser rank.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]贬黜；把…降级；把…降格 If you relegate someone or something to a less important position, you give them this position. [V n to n] Might it not be better to relegate the King to a purely ceremonial function?... 让国王变成纯粹发挥典礼仪式上象征作用的元首会不会更好？ Other newspapers relegated the item to the middle pages. 其他的报纸把这条消息降格报道，放到了中间版面。 2 [VERB 动词]使(球队)降级 If a sports team that competes in a league is relegated, it has to compete in a lower division in the next competition, because it was one of the least successful teams in the higher division. [be V-ed] [be V-ed to n] [usu passive] [BRIT 英] If Leigh lose, they'll be relegated. 如果利失球，他们将会降级。 ...a team about to be relegated to the second division. 即将被降到乙级的球队。 relegation Relegation to the Third Division would prove catastrophic. 降到丙级将是灾难性的。

Relegate Relegated Means Team Delegate Lower Position Send