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Send Relegate V Banish Religeit V.降级,贬谪 英 降级,贬谪(To

单词 relegate
音标 ['religeit]
解释 v.降级,贬谪
红宝书 【英】 v. 降级,贬谪(to send to exile; banish; to assign to oblivion)
【考】 反义词:aggrandize( 扩大权利)
【记】 re(重新)+leg(选择)+ ate→重新选择职_位 →降级_
【同】 同根词:delegate(代 表); allegation(断言)
字源 relegate (v.)
1590s "to banish, send into exile," from Latin relegatus, past participle of relegare "remove, dismiss, banish, send away, schedule, put aside," from re- "back" (see re-) + legare "send with a commission" (see legate). Meaning "place in a position of inferiority" is recorded from 1790. Related: Relegated; relegating; relegable.
不择手段背单词 v. 把...降级; 放逐 = banish
【记】re反, leg腿, ate-腿反走-降级
【反】aggrandize(v 增加; 夸大)
趣味全助记 【记】legate 使节;有delegate的意思,re 反 + legate 但是也有反意,驱逐,调到不重要的位置上去。
【相关】delegate 委派,委托...为代表,

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