1 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. 贬黜;把…降级;把…降格
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Might it not be better to relegate the King to a purely ceremonial function?. [VERB noun + to]
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?
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Other newspapers relegated the item to the middle pages. [VERB noun to noun]
其他的报纸把这条消息降格报道,放到了中间版面。
SYN demote, degrade, downgrade, declass
2 VERB [usually passive] 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. 使(球队)降级 [British]
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If Leigh lose, they'll be relegated. [be VERB-ed]
如果利失球,他们将会降级。
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...a team about to be relegated to the second division. [be V-ed to n]
即将被降到乙级的球队。
SYN banish, exile, expel, throw out
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