devolve
/dɪˈvɒlv/verb
with obj.
1- transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration（尤指中央政府向地方或地区政府）移交（权力）; 下放（权力）：
measures to devolve power to a Scottish assembly
将权力下放到某一苏格兰地方议会的措施
as adj. devolved devolved and decentralized government.权力下放并分散的政府。
1.1
- no obj.
devolve on/upon/to
(of duties or responsibility) pass to (a body or person at a lower level)（职权或职责）移交, 转移（给下级机构或下属）： his duties devolved on a comrade.
他的职责移交给了一位同志。
1.2
- no obj.
devolve on/upon/to
Law (of property) be transferred from one owner to (another), especially by inheritance【律】（不动产）被继承（或被转让）。
1.3
- no obj.
devolve into
formal degenerate or be split into〈正式〉衰落; 分裂： the Empire devolved into separate warring states.
帝国分裂成了几个相互交战的国家。
派生词
devolvement
noun词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'roll down'）： from Latin devolvere, from de- 'down' + volvere 'to roll'.