to relegate
01
降级, 贬职
to appoint a person or thing to a lower status, position, or rank
Transitive: to relegate sb to a lower rank or position
例子
After the poor performance, the manager decided to relegate the employee to a lower position.
表现不佳后，经理决定将员工降级到较低的职位。
The company 's financial troubles forced them to relegate certain projects to a lower priority.
公司的财务问题迫使他们将某些项目降级为较低优先级。
02
委派, 分配
to assign or submit to a particular person for appropriate action or treatment
Ditransitive: to relegate a task to sb
例子
The manager decided to relegate the task to the team leader for further review and implementation.
经理决定将任务委派给团队负责人进行进一步审查和实施。
After receiving numerous complaints from customers, the company chose to relegate the matter to its customer service department.
在收到客户的众多投诉后，公司选择将此事转交给其客户服务部门。
03
归类, 分配
to place or assign someone or something into a particular category
Transitive: to relegate sb/sth to a category
例子
The librarian decided to relegate the new books to the fiction section of the library.
图书管理员决定将新书归类到图书馆的小说区。
After careful consideration, the hiring manager chose to relegate the candidate to the shortlist for further interviews.
经过仔细考虑，招聘经理选择将候选人降级到短名单以进行进一步面试。
04
放逐, 流放
to expel or exile someone as a form of punishment
Transitive: to relegate sb | to relegate sb somewhere
例子
The king decided to relegate the traitorous nobleman to a remote island
国王决定将叛变的贵族流放到一个偏远的岛屿。
In ancient Rome, the senate had the power to relegate political opponents.
在古罗马，元老院有权放逐政治对手。
