relegates是什么意思？

relegates

• v. 使降级( relegate的第三人称单数 )，使降职，转移，把…归类；

例句

• This supercilious attitude relegates me to the level of the commonplace. 这种目空一切的心态把我归入大路货的档次.

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。