英语词汇“relegate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

relegaterelegate /ˈrɛləˌgeɪt/ verb [transitive] formal

ETYMOLOGYrelegate

Origin: 1400-1500 Latin, past participle of relegare to send back to do a job

VERB TABLE

relegate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	relegate
	he, she, it	relegates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	relegated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have relegated
	he, she, it	has relegated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had relegated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will relegate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have relegated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am relegating
	he, she, it	is relegating
	you, we, they	are relegating
Past	I, he, she, it	was relegating
	you, we, they	were relegating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been relegating
	he, she, it	has been relegating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been relegating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be relegating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been relegating

to give someone or something a less important position than before: relegate somebody to something Women were relegated to subordinate roles. [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin, past participle of relegare to send back to do a job]—relegation /ˌrɛləˈgeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]