devolve

devolve

美 [dɪˈvɑlv] 　英 [dɪˈvɒlv]

• v.移交；移归；流[滚]向下(向前)
• 网络转移；委托；委任

词形变化

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

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英汉解释

v.	1. 转移,移交 2. 移归,授与 3. 流[滚]向下(向前)

英英解释

v.	1. to take power or responsibility from a central authority or government and give it to smaller and more local regions

例句

BP officials and legal analysts say the company is trying to be careful to avoid letting the findings devolve into more mud-slinging.

来自英国石油的人士和法律分析师说，该公司正力图避免让调查报告进一步损害自身形象。

With a measure of good sense, a spat between the U. S. and China involving tires and chickens won't devolve into a trade war as well.

从好的方面来看，中国和美国之间关于轮胎和鸡肉的纷争将不会演变成一场贸易战。

Can a group of people, perhaps even society at large, devolve into a state of destructive cluelessness?

是否可能有一组人（甚至整个社会）都陷入了毁灭性无知的状态？

Most people would rather devolve this sort of responsibility to the authorities.

大多数人宁愿将这种责任移交给当局。

Critics have warned that it could devolve into another international body long on talk but unable to produce concrete results.

批评人士告诫说，20国集团可能会发展成另一个长期纸上谈兵但无法产生具体成果的国际组织。

Always wax , yet always wane : I melt myself with my own flame . Lighting darkness, with fate unblessed, I soon devolve to shapeless mess.

全身是腊，永远衰微。我用我自己火融化我自己。带着诅咒的宿命，照亮黑暗。我不久就会转化为一团。

When I devolve into eating refined foods, I feel as if I have a fog of brain.

当我恢复食用精加工食品后，便会觉得大脑好像堕入了云里雾里。

These arguments relate little, if at all, to the business problem at hand and tend to devolve into pedantic arguments of semantics.

这些争论根本与手头的业务问题关系甚微，如果有的话也非常少，并退化为书生气十足的语义学争论。

When the President is unable to do his duties, they devolve on the Vice - President.

总统无法行使其职责时，职责移交给总统行使。

The Allens, he believed, had lived near them too long, and he knew the young man on whom the Fullerton estate must devolve.

他相信艾伦夫妇和他们做了那么多年邻居，早就知道他们的底细了。再说，他还认识那个将来要继承富勒顿产业的青年。

Examples of it in action are said to include plans to devolve power to local councils and to use the internet a lot.

据称，具体的运作实例包括将权力移交至地方委员会，并且广泛使用互联网。

In this model the core leadership is largely relieved of direct operational responsibilities, which devolve to the branches and franchises.

基于这一模式，核心领导层没有了直接指挥责任，而是把它下放到了分支及特权成员间。

The Northern Ireland Assembly voted for a plan to devolve policing and justice powers to Belfast.

北爱尔兰议会就下放治安和司法权力给贝尔法斯特进行投票。

Foreign officials and analysts say the skirmishes this year have great potential to devolve into military conflict.

外国专家认为，今年的一系列小冲突极有可能引发军事对抗。

Many foreign and domestic cities took the method of building "new town" to create space and devolve industries and population out.

国内外许多大城市采取建设“新城”的模式来拓展原有的城市空间，向外转移产业和人口。

There's an art today to acknowledge how deeply held are the differences, but not let differences devolve into divisions.

承认有很深根深蒂固的分歧，但不要让分歧转变成分裂是当今的一门艺术。

The ruler was happy to devolve power to these companies, which were run like personal fiefs .

决策者很高兴将权力下放到这些公司，就像运营私人领地。

The festering issue that remains is: what powers will the ANC agree to devolve to the Zulu leader?

留下来的难以解决的问题是：非国大会同意下放哪些权力给这位祖鲁族领袖呢？。

They devolve too little power to local staff and rarely promote non-Japanese to top management.

他们对当地员工下放权力太少，很少将非日本籍员工提拔到高层管理职位。

Few aspects of civil society can devolve more quickly and more dangerously into personal civil war than the dissolution of a marriage.

比起婚姻的解体，民事社会中很少有这方面的事情能更快速，更危险地演变成个人内战。