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单词 relegate
释义 relegate
 —relegable /rel"i geuh beuhl/,  adj.   —relegation,  n.  
 /rel"i gayt'/, v.t., relegated, relegating.
  1. to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
  2. to consign or commit (a matter, task, etc.), as to a person: He relegates the less pleasant tasks to his assistant.
  3. to assign or refer (something) to a particular class or kind.
  4. to send into exile; banish.
 [1375-1425; late ME < L relegatus, ptp. of relegare to send away, dispatch. See RE-, LEGATE]
 Syn. 2. delegate, entrust.
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