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单词 relegation
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Definition of relegation in English:

relegation

noun rɛlɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1The action of assigning to an inferior rank or position.

    the relegation of experienced party members to the status of second-class citizens
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bag's final relegation to an attic concludes the tale.
    • He fears that abolition of the Research Assessment Exercise would lead to less research and the relegation of some institutions to the status of FE colleges.
    • One is not wholly within one's skin; to exist and to be recognized as existing, one must resist relegation to marginality.
    • He was a just, if not a strong, governor, but he regarded his appointment with horror as a second relegation from Rome.
    • In all the pictures, the elimination of human beings - or their relegation to the middle or far distance - stresses the isolation of the implied observer.
    • Historically, the formation of the state depended on a sexual division of labor and the relegation of women to a private, domestic, devalued sphere.
    • For an architexture book to avoid relegation to the coffee table it must have a further meaning.
    • The Conservatives' relegation of women to the sidelines reflects where they viewed women in the ideal society.
    • It was precisely his impersonality or lack of message that warranted his relegation to the status of second-rate playwright.
    • We are at no analytical loss with the upcoming relegation of the report to the government data scrapheap.
    1. 1.1British The transfer of a sports team or player to a lower division of a league.
      the team manager refuses to throw in the towel and admit that relegation is inevitable
      count noun the club has suffered two successive relegations
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the 1855 league, there was no provision for promotion or relegation.
      • The loss has terminally damaged their title bid and the manager's primary concern must now be to avoid relegation.
      • The club was so fraught with internal dissensions that it barely escaped relegation in the National Football League.
      • In 1985, it was tiered into three divisions with promotion and relegation between divisions generally being based on final league positions.
      • There is no exciting relegation dogfight for those at the bottom end of the scale.
      • It was clear that the team faced relegation from the Premier League at the end of the season.
      • After relegation the team are in a league they are more than capable of winning.
      • Following losses at the weekend both teams will be preparing for relegation.
      • With just one point separating the bottom four, the relegation battle is far from over.
      • Pakistan had struggled to avoid relegation from Group One to Group Two.
 
 

Definition of relegation in US English:

relegation

nounˌrɛləˈɡeɪʃ(ə)nˌreləˈɡāSH(ə)n
  • 1The action of assigning to an inferior rank or position.

    the relegation of experienced party members to the status of second-class citizens
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was precisely his impersonality or lack of message that warranted his relegation to the status of second-rate playwright.
    • In all the pictures, the elimination of human beings - or their relegation to the middle or far distance - stresses the isolation of the implied observer.
    • The bag's final relegation to an attic concludes the tale.
    • Historically, the formation of the state depended on a sexual division of labor and the relegation of women to a private, domestic, devalued sphere.
    • We are at no analytical loss with the upcoming relegation of the report to the government data scrapheap.
    • For an architexture book to avoid relegation to the coffee table it must have a further meaning.
    • One is not wholly within one's skin; to exist and to be recognized as existing, one must resist relegation to marginality.
    • He fears that abolition of the Research Assessment Exercise would lead to less research and the relegation of some institutions to the status of FE colleges.
    • He was a just, if not a strong, governor, but he regarded his appointment with horror as a second relegation from Rome.
    • The Conservatives' relegation of women to the sidelines reflects where they viewed women in the ideal society.
    1. 1.1British The transfer of a sports team or player to a lower division of a league.
      the team manager refuses to throw in the towel and admit that relegation is inevitable
      count noun the club has suffered two successive relegations
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the 1855 league, there was no provision for promotion or relegation.
      • The club was so fraught with internal dissensions that it barely escaped relegation in the National Football League.
      • With just one point separating the bottom four, the relegation battle is far from over.
      • The loss has terminally damaged their title bid and the manager's primary concern must now be to avoid relegation.
      • Pakistan had struggled to avoid relegation from Group One to Group Two.
      • There is no exciting relegation dogfight for those at the bottom end of the scale.
      • In 1985, it was tiered into three divisions with promotion and relegation between divisions generally being based on final league positions.
      • After relegation the team are in a league they are more than capable of winning.
      • Following losses at the weekend both teams will be preparing for relegation.
      • It was clear that the team faced relegation from the Premier League at the end of the season.
 
 
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