devolve
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 转移，下放(权力等)，委托
- vi.
- 被移交
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 借自 ←拉丁语 dēvolvō “roll or tumble off or down”
词源说明
Borrowed from Latin dēvolvō (“roll or tumble off or down”), from dē- + volvō (“roll”).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (intransitive) To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone. [from 17th c.]
- (intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone. [from 18th c.]
- (intransitive) To degenerate; to break down. [from 18th c.]
- (obsolete, transitive) To roll (something) down; to unroll. [15th–19th c.]