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 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。
• 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。
• If they don't win more games, the football team may be relegated to a lower group.
  如果该足球队不赢得更多的比赛，他们有可能被降级。
• He has spent 19 million pounds, lost three cup finals and been relegated. So much for money.
  他已花了1,900万英镑，输掉了三场杯赛决赛，球队也降级了。钱也不是万能的。
• Villa had just been relegated from the First Division.
  维拉队刚刚从甲级联赛中降级。
• I said to Middlesbrough I'd maybe like to do it in the summer but when summer came I was injured and Boro had been relegated.
  我对米堡说我可能会在夏天离开，但那时我却受伤了，米堡也降级了。
• This agency will be relegated to the backwaters of Washington
  这个机构将沦落为华盛顿闭塞落后之地。
• If Leigh lose, they'll be relegated.
  如果利失球，他们将会降级。
• 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。
• The latest developments in Afghanistan prove how easily women's rights can be relegated even under western sponsorship.
  阿富汗的最新发展证明了即使在西方的支持下，女性的权利也可以多么轻易地被丢弃。