rel·e·gate /ˈrelɪɡeɪt/ verb [transitiveT]1 formalIMPORTANT to give someone or something a less important position than before 降低…的地位;貶低relegate somebody/something to somethingWomen tended to be relegated to typing and filing jobs. 婦女往往被安排去做打字、歸檔等較不重要的工作。
2 British EnglishBrEDS if a sports team is relegated, it is moved into a lower division 將〔運動隊〕降級 OPP promoterelegate something/somebody to somethingWe were relegated to the Fourth Division last year. 去年我們被降爲丁級隊。
—relegation /ˌreləˈɡeɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]