relegate

英 ['relɪgeɪt] 美 ['rɛlɪɡet]
  • vt. 把降低到;归入;提交

助记提示


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. 本来应该是向前走、送的,前途一片光明,结果却将其往回送、往后边儿送,让其走回头路,很显然就是降职、降级了。往前是提升,往后是降级,因为往后是曾经待过的职位,一路攀升、前进后再把送回原来待过的职位。
4. legacy => relegate.

中文词源


relegate 降级,贬职

re-,向后,往回,-leg,送出,词源同 legate,delegate.引申词义降级,贬职。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. Some scientists relegate parapsychology to the sphere of quackery.
一些科学家把灵学归类到骗术范围.

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2. Might it not be better to relegate the King to a purely ceremonial function?
让国王变成纯粹发挥典礼仪式上象征作用的元首会不会更好?

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3. This support energy does not by any relegate 2 s to subordinate positions.
这种支持的能量不会贬低2到下属地位.

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4. We shall relegate this problem to the organizing committee.
我们将把这个问题委托组织委员会处理.

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5. She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues.
她总是把困难的问题推给她同事.

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