relegated

英 [ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪd]

美 [ˈrelɪɡeɪtɪd]

v.  使贬职; 使降级; 降低…的地位; 使(运动队，尤指足球队)降级; 使降组
relegate的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：relegated　过去式：relegated　

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柯林斯词典

• VERB 贬黜;把…降级;把…降格
  If yourelegatesomeone or somethingtoa less important position, you give them this position.
  1. 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？
  2. 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 leagueis 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.
  1. If Leigh lose, they'll be relegated.
     如果利失球，他们将会降级。
  2. ...a team about to be relegated to the second division.
     即将被降到乙级的球队。

双语例句

• The mentally ill tend to be relegated to slapstick sub-plots, alongside a central love story.
  精神病问题往往成了爱情故事这个主题之外的闹剧性次要情节。
• He relegated much of the work to his assistant.
  他把很多工作交付给了他的助手。
• The interview was relegated to the back pages.
  采访被转移到了后面的版面。
• The locals shun you and you are relegated to sightseeing and taking cheesy photos.
  当地人不愿和你交流，而你只能退而求其次，到处观光，拍一些咧着嘴傻笑的照片。
• I think that should be relegated to the garbage can of history.
  我认为应该把它扔进历史的垃圾箱。
• The devastated Ukrainian team, who thought they had won bronze, were relegated to fourth and left empty-handed.
  只不过这么一来，本以为拿到一枚铜牌的悲剧乌克兰队被降为第四，只得空手而回。
• Even in buddhism, where a psychological level is admitted, psychology is relegated to second-class status.
  即使是在将心理层面涵括在内的佛教思想中，心理学也仅处于次要的地位。
• He never involves his senior staff in decision making; they feel relegated to the status of office boys.
  他从不让那些年长职员参与决策；他们感觉像是被当作办公室跑腿的了。
• They provide funds and senior managers to customers that may be relegated to automated phone-hell at bigger institutions.
  它们给那些在更大机构会被交付给自动电话服务地狱的顾客们提供资金和高级经理。
• Competition is fierce and the majority of high school seniors will be relegated to vocational schools.
  竞争是激烈的，大部分的高中生最后不得不被分配到职业学校去。