Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #9742
relegate
把…降级；使…处于次要地位
To assign someone or something to a lower or less important position, rank, or category.
常用于被动语态：be relegated to sth，表示“被降级到…”。
- 1.
Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
流放、驱逐、调离或送走。
- 2.
Consign or assign.
委托或指派。
- 3.
Refer or submit.
提交或呈报。
流放；放逐；遣走；提交；移交；流放、驱逐、调离或送走。；委托或指派。；提交或呈报。
In use
After poor performance, the team was relegated to a lower division.
The manager relegated the routine tasks to his assistant.
The old files were relegated to the basement storage room.
relegate sb/sth to sth
常用于体育比赛或地位降低的场景。
The club was relegated to the third division after a poor season.
那个俱乐部因表现不佳被降级到第三级别。
relegate sth to sb
较为正式，表示将任务或职责交付他人。
She relegated the administrative work to her junior colleague.
她把行政工作委托给了她的初级同事。
be relegated to sth
被动结构，强调被降级或归入较低类别。
Connections
Collocations
- relegate to the bottom
- 使降到最底层
- The team was relegated to the bottom of the league after losing ten matches in a row.在连续输了十场比赛后，这支球队被降到了联赛的最底层。
- relegate to a lower division
- 降至较低级别
- Poor performance caused the club to be relegated to a lower division.糟糕的表现导致这家俱乐部降到了一个较低的级别。
- relegate to the sidelines
- 使靠边站；使边缘化
- The veteran player was relegated to the sidelines after the new coach took over.新教练上任后，这位老将就被边缘化了。
- relegate to a secondary role
- 降到次要角色
- The once-dominant actor was relegated to a secondary role in the film.这位曾经占据主导地位的演员在这部电影中降到了次要角色。
- relegate to the status of
- 降级为...的地位
- The company was relegated to the status of a minor player in the industry.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：relegate 发音类似 'relay gate'，想象一扇接力门将你降级到更低地位。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：工作委派、分类/降级 relegate 在正式和非正式语境中均有使用：正式场合多指将某人或某物置于较低地位或类别（如将球队降级、将官员流放），而较中性语境则指将任务委托给他人或将事物归类。具体用法随语境变化。
Grammar Note
通常用于被动结构，后接to表示降低地位
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the -ate suffix pronounced /eɪt/, but their stressed vowels differ from that of 'relegate' (first syllable /rɛl/), so they are not true rhymes.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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