devolve
英 [d?'v?lv]
美[d?'vɑlv]
- vi. 被移交；轉讓
- vt. 轉移；移交；使滾下；衰落
GRE暢通詞匯TEM8低頻詞
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?devolves;過去式:?devolved;過去分詞:?devolved;現在分詞:?devolving;
中文詞源
devolve 轉交
de-, 向下。-volv, 轉，詞源同evolve, revolve. 即向下轉，轉交。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. We have made a conscious effort to devolve responsibility.
- 我們已有意識地下放職責。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. When the President is ill, his duties devolve on the Vice - President.
- 總統生病時, 其職責由副總統代理.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. Additional powers will devolve to the regional governments.
- 將向地方政府下放更多的權力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. When the President is ill, his duties devolve upon the Vice - President.
- 總統生病時, 其職務交由副總統代理.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The house will devolve to his daughter.
- 房屋將由他女兒繼承.
來自辭典例句