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

单词	relegate
释义	rel·e·gate \ˈreləˌgāt, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin relegatus, past participle of relegare, from re- + legare to send with a commission or charge — more at legate 1. a. : to send into exile : banish b. : to put out of sight or mind : consign to insignificance or oblivion < relegate this sofa to the trash heap > < details relegated to the footnotes > c. : degrade, demote < in the oldest Neolithic settlements … hunting has been relegated to a secondary role — V.G.Childe > < the living tongues are relegated to a lower plane than Greek and Latin — C.H.Grandgent > 2. : to consign by classifying or appraising < muscular atrophies … are not properly relegated to the group of neuromuscular disorders — W.A.D.Anderson > < no wrong is done to a great and influential work by relegating it to rhetoric, to philosophy — René Wellek & Austin Warren > 3. : to submit or refer for decision, judgment, or execution < smaller companies can relegate the job of planning to a semiclerical level — E.J.Mann > < much of the work was relegated to special committees > Synonyms: see commit
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