relegate

verb

1. assign to a class or kind

e.g. How should algae be classified?
People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms

Synonym: classify

2. assign to a lower position
reduce in rank

e.g. She was demoted because she always speaks up
He was broken down to Sergeant

Synonym: demotebumpbreakkick downstairs

3. expel, as if by official decree

e.g. he was banished from his own country

Synonym: banishbar

4. refer to another person for decision or judgment

e.g. She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues

Synonym: pass onsubmit

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

e.g. 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？
e.g. 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。

2. 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.

e.g. If Leigh lose, they'll be relegated.
如果利失球，他们将会降级。
e.g. ...a team about to be relegated to the second division.
即将被降到乙级的球队。

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1. 把...降级:v.转移, 归入, 提交：rejoin vt.使再结合, 再加入, 再回答 vi.重新聚集, 回答, 答辩 | relegate 把...降级:v.转移, 归入, 提交 | delegate n.代表 vt.委派...为代表

2. relegate

2. 把降低到：release 释放 | relegate 把降低到 | reliability 可靠性

3. relegate

3. 转移,归入：Release释放 | Relegate转移,归入 | remove contaminants.净化,排除污染