relegate
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
美 /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/|/ˈɹɛləˌɡeɪt/|/ˈɹeləˌɡæɪt/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
动词 v.
- Exile, banish, remove, or send away.; Exile or banish to a particular place.
- Exile, banish, remove, or send away.; Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
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Exile, banish, remove, or send away.; Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
— Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […].
- Exile, banish, remove, or send away.; Remove or send to a place far away.
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Consign or assign.; Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
— Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.
- Consign or assign.; Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
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Consign or assign.; Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
— After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.
- Refer or submit.; Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
- Refer or submit.; Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
- Refer or submit.; Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.
形容词 adj.
- Relegated; exiled.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
词源 2
First attested circa 1550: from the Classical Latin relēgātus (“banished person, exile”), the nominative singular masculine substantive form of relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
词源 3
First attested circa 1425: from the Classical Latin relēgātus, the perfect passive participle of relēgō (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).
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