| 释义 |
devolution/di:vəˈlu:ʃ(ə)n, dev-/n. 1 the delegation of power, esp. by central government to local or regional administration (中央政府对地方政府的)权力下放，分权 2a descent or passing on through a series of stages 依次传下；相传 b descent by natural or due succession from one to another of property or qualities (产权)转让；继承 3 the lapse of an unexercised right to an ultimate owner (未行使的权利)移交 4 Biol. degeneration 【生】退行进化，退化 □ devolutionary adj.□ devolutionist n.[Late Latin devolutio (as DEVOLVE)] |