| 单词 | relegate |
| 释义 | relegate (once / 1951 pages) v Relegate means assign to a lower position. If the quarterback of the football team stops making decent throws he might be relegated to the position of benchwarmer, while another kid is given the chance to play. Relegate rhymes with delegate––both words derive from the Latin legare "send." Relegate means to send someone down in rank. Delegate means to send someone in your place to complete a task. In the workplace, managers who can't figure out how to delegate may get relegated to a lesser rank. WORD FAMILYrelegate: relegated, relegates, relegating, relegation+/relegation: relegations USAGE EXAMPLESSupportive experts were relegated to the public hearing portion of the meeting for brief comments. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) But Super Mario Run relegates its female characters to positions of near helplessness. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Menorahs usually get a pass because they are small, frequently relegated to a corner and usually enjoy a glaringly brief display season. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) 1v assign to a lower position; reduce in rank Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper break, bump, demote, kick downstairs advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade give a promotion to or assign to a higher position sideline remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position reducebring to humbler or weaker state or condition assign, delegate, depute, designate give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) 2v assign to a class or kind People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms Syn|Hyper classify assign, attribute decide as to where something belongs in a scheme 3v refer to another person for decision or judgment She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues Syn|Hyper pass on, submit subject, submit refer for judgment or consideration 4v expel, as if by official decree Syn|Hypo|Hyper banish, bar spike stand in the way of expel, kick out, throw out force to leave or move out |
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