relegate

🇬🇧 UK/'religeit/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To assign someone or something to a lower or less important position; to demote or banish

使降级,贬黜;把…归入较低类别

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
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legstem
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ateto make, having
=relegate

Common Collocations

  • 1.relegate to the background退居幕后
  • 2.relegate to a lower division降入低级别联赛
  • 3.relegate to obscurity打入冷宫/使湮没无闻
  • 4.[relegate to a minor role]降为次要角色

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The manager decided to relegate him to a minor administrative role after the scandal.

  • 2.

    The team was relegated to the second division after losing their final match.

  • 3.

    Old furniture was relegated to the basement when the new pieces arrived.

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