lower division

基本解释

Teams that finish last must move to a lower division the following year, while the best of the lower divisions move up.
最差的球队在下一个赛季将被降级，而低级别中最好的球队则可以升入高一级别的联赛。
It suits them and the club better if they are off with lower division sides getting some much needed experience under their belt.
对他们和俱乐部来说，让他们去低级别联赛锻炼取得更多经验，也许更适合。
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.
莫吉操纵比赛名闻遐迩，甚至连贝鲁斯科尼政府的内政部长也曾打电话给他，请他给他家乡一支乙级俱乐部提供帮助。（译者按：“local”除了有“地方的，本地的”的意思之外，还可指“家乡的，乡土的”；“side”常用于表示“比赛或竞争中的一方”；“a lower division”直译为“低一级的联赛”，即乙级联赛。）

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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