relegate
英['relɪgeɪt]
美['rɛlɪɡet]
- vt. 把降低到；归入；提交
词态变化
第三人称单数: relegates;过去式: relegated;过去分词: relegated;现在分词: relegating;名词: relegation;
助记提示
1. delegate, delegattion => relegate.
2. delegate, delegattion => Latin legare "send as a deputy, send with a commission, bequeath," from lex (genitive legis) "contract, law" (see legal).
3. 本来应该是向前走、送的，前途一片光明，结果却将其往回送、往后边儿送，让其走回头路，很显然就是降职、降级了。往前是提升，往后是降级，因为往后是曾经待过的职位，一路攀升、前进后再把送回原来待过的职位。
4. legacy => relegate.
中文词源
relegate 降级，贬职
re-,向后，往回，-leg,送出，词源同 legate,delegate.引申词义降级，贬职。
英文词源
- relegate (v.)
- 1590s "to banish, send into exile," from Latin relegatus, past participle of relegare "remove, dismiss, banish, send away, schedule, put aside," from re- "back" (see re-) + legare "send with a commission" (see legate). Meaning "place in a position of inferiority" is recorded from 1790. Related: Relegated; relegating; relegable.
双语例句
- 1. Some scientists relegate parapsychology to the sphere of quackery.
- 一些科学家把灵学归类到骗术范围.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. 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？
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. This support energy does not by any relegate 2 s to subordinate positions.
- 这种支持的能量不会贬低2到下属地位.
来自互联网
- 4. We shall relegate this problem to the organizing committee.
- 我们将把这个问题委托组织委员会处理.
来自互联网
- 5. She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues.
- 她总是把困难的问题推给她同事.
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