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)
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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
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[as adj.
devolved ]devolved and decentralized government .权力下放并分散的政府。
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(职权或职责)移交,转移(给下级机构或下属)
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his duties devolved on a comrade .他的职责移交给了一位同志。
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【律】 (不动产)被继承(或被转让)。
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〈正式〉 衰落;分裂
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the Empire devolved into separate warring states .帝国分裂成了几个相互交战的国家。
"late Middle English (in the sense ‘roll down’): from Latin