lower division

基本解釋

Teams that finish last must move to a lower division the following year, while the best of the lower divisions move up.
最差的球隊在下一個賽季將被降級，而低級別中最好的球隊則可以升入高一級別的聯(lián)賽。
It suits them and the club better if they are off with lower division sides getting some much needed experience under their belt.
對他們和俱樂部來說，讓他們?nèi)サ图墑e聯(lián)賽鍛煉取得更多經(jīng)驗，也許更適合。
His reputation for fixing matches was such that the interior minister in Mr Berlusconi's government once rang him to ask for help for his local side, playing in a lower division.
莫吉操縱比賽名聞遐邇，甚至連貝魯斯科尼政府的內(nèi)政部長也曾打電話給他，請他給他家鄉(xiāng)一支乙級俱樂部提供幫助。（譯者按：“l(fā)ocal”除了有“地方的，本地的”的意思之外，還可指“家鄉(xiāng)的，鄉(xiāng)土的”；“side”常用于表示“比賽或競爭中的一方”；“a lower division”直譯為“低一級的聯(lián)賽”，即乙級聯(lián)賽。）

The best-ranked teams in each division are promoted to the next-highest division, and at the same time, the worst-ranked teams in the higher division are relegated to the lower division.
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