devolve是什么意思？

devolve

英[dɪˈvɒlv] 美[dɪˈvɑlv]

• vt.& vi. 移交，转移，交给下属（或下层、晚辈等），衰落；

第三人称单数：devolves;

过去式：devolved;

过去分词：devolved;

现在分词：devolving;

例句

• Additional powers will devolve to the regional governments. 将向地方政府下放更多的权力。
• When the President is ill, his duties devolve upon the Vice - President. 总统生病时, 其职务交由副总统代理.
• When the President is ill, his duties devolve on the Vice - President. 总统生病时, 其职责由副总统代理.
• We have made a conscious effort to devolve responsibility. 我们已有意识地下放职责。
• CEO made the whole decision - making, implementation will devolve power. CEO作出总体决策后, 具体执行权力就会下放.
• We have made a conscious effort to devolve responsibility... 我们已有意识地下放职责。
• ...the need to decentralize and devolve power to regional governments... 将权力下放并移交给地方政府的需要

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-ERG
  （使）(权力、职责等)下放;（使） 移交
  If you devolve power, authority, or responsibility to a less powerful person or group, or if it devolves upon them, it is transferred to them.
  例句
  ...the need to decentralize and devolve power to regional governments... 将权力分散并下放给地方政府的需要 We have made a conscious effort to devolve responsibility... 我们已有意识地下放职责。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  交给下属(或下层、晚辈等)
  Upon his retirement, the business devolved on his son. 他退休时, 生意由儿子接管。 All the responsibility has devolved upon him. 所有的责任都落到了他身上。 Additional powers will devolve to the regional governments. 将向地方政府下放更多的权力。
  (将工作、职责、权力、责任等)交给下属(或下层等)
  More powers are gradually being devolved to the regions. 正逐步向地方下放更多的权力。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. pass on or delegate to another;
  "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
  2. be inherited by;
  "The estate fell to my sister""The land returned to the family""The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
  3. grow worse;
  "Her condition deteriorated""Conditions in the slums degenerated""The discussion devolved into a shouting match"