devolve

英 [dɪ'vɒlv] 美 [dɪ'vɑːlv]

• v. 委任；移交；退化

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. We devolve this affair on you, so do as you see fit.
   我们把这件事全托付给你了，你看着办吧。
2. We devolve your company as a single agent in China.
   我们将委托贵公司作为我公司在中国的独家业务代理。
3. While he's ill, most of his work will devolve on me.
   在他生病期间，他的大部分工作将移交给我。
4. More power is to be devolved to regional government.
   要将更多的权力交给地方政府。

经典引文

• Where little England..now devolves so quietly to the sea her sweet pastoral rivulets.

  出自： De Quincey

词汇搭配

• devolve on 移交
• devolve to 移交给
• devolve upon 被移交

近反义词

【近义词】

• pass to 转到
• transfer 转移
• decentralize (使)权力下放...
• delegate 代表
• entrust 信赖
• pass 通过
• degenerate 退化
• fall 落下
• deteriorate 恶化
• drop 落下
• return 返回