relegate
relegate は英検準1級・英検1級レベルの英単語で、「降格する、追いやる」という意味があります。発音記号は /ˈrɛlɪɡeɪt/ です。
意味一覧 (2件)
降格する
解説 Definition
地位や立場を下げること。重要度の低い位置に追いやること。
To relegate someone or something means to move them to a lower rank, position, or level of importance. It is commonly used in sports, work, and formal discussion. It can also mean forcing something into a less noticed or less valued place.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
このエントリでは relegate を「降格する」として覚えます。基本義の「追いやる」と別に、スポーツで下位リーグへ落とす、職場で低い役職へ移す、重要度の低い地位へ下げる場面に絞ると整理しやすいです。demote は人の肩書きを下げる語として直接的で、relegate は relegate A to B の形で「Aを下位のBへ回す」と行き先まで示すことが多いです。delegate「委任する」とつづりが近いので注意。
See `relegate` as sending something away from the center. It often means pushing a person, team, or topic to a lower or less important place. Be careful not to mix it with `delegate`, which is about giving responsibility. Remember the pattern `relegate A to B`, like `relegate him to the bench`.
例文
The manager decided to relegate the underperforming employee to a less critical role.
マネージャーは成績不振の社員をあまり重要でない役職に降格させることにした。
The football club was relegated to the second division after a dismal season.
そのサッカークラブは惨憺たるシーズンの後、2部リーグに降格した。
Important issues were relegated to a footnote in the final report.
重要な問題が最終報告書の脚注に追いやられた。
追いやる
(意味 2)解説 Definition
人や物事を、中心的な場所・役割・話題から外して、目立たない位置や望ましくない場所へ移すことを表します。公式な降格に限らず、仕事、議論、家庭内の役割などで「脇へ押し込む」感じで使われます。
To relegate someone or something means to move them away from an important position, place, or role and put them somewhere less noticeable or less valued. It is often used when a person, topic, or object is pushed to the side rather than treated as central. The verb is common in patterns like relegate A to B, especially with places or roles such as the background, a minor role, or the basement.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
relegate は re-「後ろへ」＋ legate / delegate と同系の「送る・任せる」の感覚で、「中心から後ろへ送る」と見ると覚えやすいです。push aside や put in a less important place に近く、肩書きの上下だけでなく、話題・役割・物を目立たない場所へ回す時に使います。relegate A to B の形が多く、to the background / to a minor role / to the basement など「行き先」とセットで押さえると定着します。
You can remember relegate as re- "back" plus a word family like delegate, which has the idea of sending or assigning. So relegate suggests "send to the back" or "push aside." It often appears in the pattern relegate A to B, so it helps to learn it with destinations like to the background, to a minor role, or to the basement.
例文
After the merger, the company relegated him to a minor role in the new office.
合併後、その会社は彼を新しい部署の脇役のような立場に追いやった。
The editor did not cut the story completely, but relegated it to the last page.
編集者はその記事を完全に削るのではなく、最終ページへ追いやった。
She refused to be relegated to the background while others took credit for her work.
彼女は、自分の仕事をほかの人に手柄にされて自分が裏方に追いやられるのを拒んだ。
relegate の語源・成り立ち Etymology
「relegate」はラテン語 relegare に由来し、re-「後ろへ」＋legare「送る・任せる」から成る。原義は「遠くへ送りやる、追いやる」で、そこから地位や部門を「下位へ回す」「左遷する」の意になった。関連語は delegate、legate。
Relegate comes from Latin relegare, made from re- "back" + legare "to send" or "assign." Its early sense was to send away or banish to a distant place. Later, the idea widened to moving someone or something to a lower position or less important group. Related words include legate and delegate.
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