devolve是什么意思_devolve怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

grow worse;"Her condition deteriorated"
"Conditions in the slums degenerated"
"The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

中英词源

devolve 转交

de-, 向下。-volv, 转，词源同evolve, revolve. 即向下转，转交。www.WEnTiyi.cOM

devolve (v.): early 15c., "to roll down," from Latin devolvere "to roll down," from de- (see de-) + volvere "to roll" (see volvox). Figurative sense of "to cause to pass down" is from 1520s. Related: Devolved; devolving. Also in same sense was devolute (1530s), from Latin devolutus, past participle of devolvere.

词态变化

第三人称单数 devolves;
过去式 devolved;
过去分词 devolved;
现在分词 devolving;

权威造句

1. We have made a conscious effort to devolve responsibility.: 我们已有意识地下放职责。

2. 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.

3. Additional powers will devolve to the regional governments.: 将向地方政府下放更多的权力.

4. 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.

5. The house will devolve to his daughter.: 房屋将由他女儿继承.

近反义词

devolve on 移交

devolve to 移交给

devolve upon 被移交

相似短语

devolve on v. 移交

devolve upon 转移给…,由…接替

单词分析

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