devolve
vt. 转移, 下放(权力等), 委托 vi. 被移交
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教材释义与例句
转移；移交；使滚下；衰落
被移交；转让
释义与例句
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1.
To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.
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2.
To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
及物Near-synonyms: pass down, pass on, hand down
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3.
To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
To transfer authority and responsibility for (something) to (another entity).
及物Despite being a unitary state, the Government of the United Kingdom devolved many matters to the Governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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4.
To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
不及物For the nonce he was rather nonplussed but inasmuch as the duty plainly devolved upon him to take some measures on the subject he pondered suitable ways and means during which Stephen repeatedly yawned.
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5.
To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
To shift or to be transferred from a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc.
不及物Many legislative powers devolved to the new Scottish parliament in 1999.
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6.
To degenerate; to break down.
不及物A discussion about politics may devolve into a shouting match.
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7.
To roll (something) down; to unroll.
废旧 及物Near-synonyms: unwind, unfurl
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词源
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *wolwō Latin volvō Latin dēvolvōbor. English devolve Borrowed from Latin dēvolvō (“roll or tumble off or down”), from dē- + volvō (“roll”).
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