relegate是什么意思？

relegate

英[ˈrelɪgeɪt] 美[ˈrɛlɪˌɡet]

• vt. 使降级，使降职，转移，把…归类；

第三人称单数：relegates;

过去式：relegated;

过去分词：relegated;

现在分词：relegating;

名词：relegation;

例句

• She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues. 她总是把困难的问题推给她同事.
• 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？
• Some scientists relegate parapsychology to the sphere of quackery. 一些科学家把灵学归类到骗术范围.
• 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？

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  贬黜;把…降级;把…降格
  If you relegate someone or something to a less important position, you give them this position.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  使降级, 使降职
  Their football team was relegated. 他们的足球队被降级了。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. refer to another person for decision or judgment;
  "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
  2. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;
  "She was demoted because she always speaks up""He was broken down to Sargeant"
  3. expel, as if by official decree;
  "he was banished from his own country"
  4. assign to a class or kind;
  "How should algae be classified?""People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"

行业词典

• 法律： 委托；