2VERB [usually passive]使(球队)降级 If a sports team that competes in a league is relegated, it has to compete in a lower division in the next competition, because it was one of the least successful teams in the higher division. 使(球队)降级 [British]
If Leigh lose, they'll be relegated. [beVERB-ed]
如果利失球,他们将会降级。
...a team about to be relegated to the second division. [beV-ed to n]