relegate
美音:
[´relə´geıt
]英音:
[´relə´geıt
]v.转移,归入,提交
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relegate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:relegation 动词过去式:relegated 过去分词:relegated 现在分词:relegating 第三人称单数:relegates
词根
leg=to appoint(指定;任命),to send(送)
近义词, 同义词
relegate
/'relɪgeɪt; `rɛlə,ˇet/
v [esp passive 尤用于被动语态
*Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (to sth)
1 dismiss sb/sth to a lower or less important rank, task or state 使某人[某事物]降级、降职或降低地位
*I have been relegated to the role of a mere assistant. 已经把我降到只任助手的工作了.
* relegate old files to the storeroom 把旧文件存入储藏室.
2 (esp Brit) transfer (a sports team) to a lower division 将(运动队)降至较低等级
*Will Spurs be relegated to the third division? 斯珀尔斯队会降为丙级队吗?
relegate
v [T][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of relegare
'to send back to do a job']
formal to give someone or something a less important position than before
relegate sb/sth to sth Women tended to be relegated to typing and filing jobs.BrE if a sports team is relegated, it is moved into a lower
division≠
promoterelegate sth/sb to sth We were relegated to the Fourth Division last year.>relegation [,relɪ'geɪʃən/