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relegate

美音:[´relə´geıt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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v.转移,归入,提交

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relegate为短语/超纲词汇

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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

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leg=to appoint(指定;任命),to send(送)

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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/