relegation (from something) (to something)(British English)the fact of a sports team being moved from playing with one group of teams to playing in a lower group
teams threatened with relegation有降级危险的球队
The team finds itself in the relegation zone after a run of poor results.接连赛绩不佳之后，这个队发现他们落入了降级区。
relegation (from something) (to something)the fact of being given a lower or less important position, rank, etc. than before使贬职；使降级；降低…的地位
Malenkov's relegation from prime minister to minister for power stations 马林科夫从总理降格为电站部长