relegation

降格

シーズンの成績が悪いため、チームが下位のリーグに移されること。

やさしい英語で： Being moved to a lower sports division because your team performed badly during the season.

• The team faces relegation.
• One more win could save the club from relegation.
• Their defeat confirmed relegation to a lower division.

使い方： relegation from something (The club faces relegation from the top division.); relegation to something (Defeat meant relegation to the second division.)

反対語： promotion

よく使う表現： avoid relegation, face relegation, relegation zone

降格

組織の中で、より低い役職や階級に移されること。

やさしい英語で： Being moved to a lower position or rank in an organization.

• His relegation to a junior post surprised everyone.
• She challenged her relegation within the department.
• Relegation to a lower rank meant less responsibility.

使い方： relegation to something (He resented his relegation to an assistant role.)

類義語： demotion

反対語： promotion

よく使う表現： relegation to something, relegation in rank

軽視、格下げ

以前より重要でないと扱われたり、注目されなくなったりすること。

やさしい英語で： Being treated as less important or given less attention than before.

• The issue’s relegation to the background angered campaigners.
• Her relegation to the sidelines was unfair.
• They opposed the relegation of art to a minor subject.

使い方： relegation of something to something (The relegation of education to a secondary concern worried teachers.)

類義語： downgrading, marginalization

よく使う表現： relegation to sidelines, relegation of something, relegation to something