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- relegate somebody/something (to something)
to give somebody a lower or less important position, rank, etc. than before 使贬职；使降级；降低…的地位 - [usually passive] relegate something (British English)
to move a sports team from playing with one group of teams to playing in a lower group 使（运动队，尤指足球队）降级；使降组
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘send into exile’): from Latin relegat- ‘sent away, referred’, from the verb relegare, from re- ‘again’ + legare ‘send’.