relegate
英 ['rel?ge?t]
美['r?l?ɡet]
- vt. 把降低到；歸入；提交
CET6+TEM8GRE中低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?relegates;過去式:?relegated;過去分詞:?relegated;現在分詞:?relegating;名詞:?relegation;
助記提示
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. 本來應該是向前走、送的，前途一片光明，結果卻將其往回送、往后邊兒送，讓其走回頭路，很顯然就是降職、降級了。往前是提升，往后是降級，因為往后是曾經待過的職位，一路攀升、前進后再把送回原來待過的職位。
4. legacy => relegate.
2. delegate, delegattion => Latin legare "send as a deputy, send with a commission, bequeath," from lex (genitive legis) "contract, law" (see legal).
3. 本來應該是向前走、送的，前途一片光明，結果卻將其往回送、往后邊兒送，讓其走回頭路，很顯然就是降職、降級了。往前是提升，往后是降級，因為往后是曾經待過的職位，一路攀升、前進后再把送回原來待過的職位。
4. legacy => relegate.
中文詞源
relegate 降級，貶職
re-,向后，往回，-leg,送出，詞源同 legate,delegate.引申詞義降級，貶職。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Some scientists relegate parapsychology to the sphere of quackery.
- 一些科學家把靈學歸類到騙術范圍.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Might it not be better to relegate the King to a purely ceremonial function?
- 讓國王變成純粹發揮典禮儀式上象征作用的元首會不會更好？
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. This support energy does not by any relegate 2 s to subordinate positions.
- 這種支持的能量不會貶低2到下屬地位.
來自互聯網
- 4. We shall relegate this problem to the organizing committee.
- 我們將把這個問題委托組織委員會處理.
來自互聯網
- 5. She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues.
- 她總是把困難的問題推給她同事.
來自互聯網