relegate

1 Eventually old man Gusdorf had gotten royally skinned when the bottom fell out of cotton, and he wound up relegated to a sharecropper’s role forever after.

2 Questions of provenance, however — and bigger questions about Portuguese colonialism — are relegated to the shadows.

3 Graphic novels, once relegated to cult fandom, now teach us about history, science and human affairs.

4 No longer was edge-pushing humor relegated to explicitly “adult” shows like “Married ... With Children.”

5 It's disheartening to realize that this trope is so pervasive that it's not just relegated to violent adult fare.

6 The productions mostly feature white Mexican or Latin American stars, while brown-skinned performers like him are relegated to subservient, criminal or generally disparaging parts.

7 The Museum of Modern Art, so rich in European innovation, almost invariably relegates its relatively meager American prewar holdings to the hallways, if not storage.

8 Otherwise, “you’re relegated to fund-raising efforts that barely cover the maintenance costs.”

9 By then it didn’t seem to matter why we had become a family, only that we were one, and the unplanned pregnancy became relegated to a mere footnote, not the whole story.

10 My job was soon relegated to working in the pens, moving the sheep from one to the next to let them learn to recognize their lambs before it got more crowded.

11 The Evergleam was produced for 12 years before being relegated to basements and attics everywhere.

12 And those endeavors — philosophy, psychology, art, even simple human interactions — that help to make sense of the more perplexing aspects of our existences have been relegated to the realm of the nonessential.

13 “I’ll be back,” I say, getting up from my spot on the couch, which Scruggs, a friend who was relegated to the floor, immediately claims, slinking up in one fluid motion.

14 In fact, in the case of supermarket turkeys, the necks are often removed or relegated to a slimy plastic bag of giblets that gets jammed into the cavity.

15 But I wanted to show that this show wouldn’t be relegated just to D.C.

16 And because they were considered unimportant, they had been relegated to warehouses and museum basements decades ago.

17 And deciding that cinematography and editing be relegated to commercial breaks, because movies film and edit themselves.

18 Here, the plant forms usually relegated to manuscripts’ borders supplant the religious scenes altogether, rendered in a sparkling trompe l’oeil that gives them their own kind of saintliness.

19 The women could have been relegated to love interest status.

20 With midrange adult dramas increasingly being concerned with personal portraiture and psycho-emotional catharses, sharp, thematically pertinent movies are in danger of being relegated to metaphorical kitsch, however smart and well executed.

1 把降级

degrade

2 贬黜

disgrace relegation

3 使降职

downgrade demote bust

4 使降级

cheapen downgrade demote de-escalate downrate reduce degrade

5 归类

class

6 移交

delivery devolution consignation remove devolve handover tradition relegation deliver render

7 归属

attributive revert attribution relegation vest

8 降级

relegation demotion slip de-escalate downgrade demote cheapen downrate reduce degrade go down bust

9 丢弃

scratch fail throw flat cast reject waive chuck forsake slough

10 把…归类

reduce

11 移开

move aside

12 驱逐

bounce elimination expulsion ejection extrusion banishment ouster ejectment turn chase sweep dismiss rout turf expel evict oust roust see the back of expulsive repulse bolt hunt banish dislodge bluff off expellant expellent drive shake pursuit eviction spurn forejudge clear avoid cashier eject feeze

13 托付

reposal commitment devolution give put recommend trust submit bail consign

14 降职

bump degradation deposition rif downgrade demote bust relegation

15 委托

trust reference commission authorization consignment bailment consignation put leave charge recommend submit commit authorize resign accredit commend entrust confide devolve consign intrust mandatory commitment referral relegation give refer delegate bail depute true to recommend to deposition address subject repose

16 贬谪

degradation

17 流放

transportable transportation exile banish expatriate

18 贬低

minimize diminish downplay depreciate belittle denigrate demean cheapen debase undersell talk down do down take away from

19 充军

exile relegation banishment presidio

20 照会

reference referral

21 交付

drop-off consignment committal deposit give leave fill tender

22 放逐

ban exile expulsion ostracism proscription outlawry dismiss eject expatriate ostracize proscribe exilic transportation relegation banishment transport banish proscriptive deport consign

23 指示

indicial prescriptive demonstrative deictic prescript indicant indicatory direction instruction inspiration prescription indication referral cue behest pointing denotation make point refer show tell guide mark indicate register inspire spell bow prescribe instruct denote