devolve
devolve 英 [dɪˈvɒlv] 美 [dɪˈvɑlv]
vi. 被移交；转让 vt. 转移；移交；使滚下；衰落
进行时:devolving 过去式:devolved 过去分词:devolved 第三人称单数:devolves 名词复数:devolves
- You've probably heard that organisms evolve over time. Well, life is complicated, and sometimes things devolve instead — to devolve is to get worse instead of better.
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- vi. 被移交；转让
- vt. 转移；移交；使滚下；衰落
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1. 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。
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2. David Cameron is sticking to his plans to devolve more power to those directly delivering the services, cut out bureaucratic middle men and enhance competition.
卡梅隆坚持自己的计划，即把更多权力移交给这些直接服务的机构，裁减打官腔的中间人员，加强竞争。
- devolve (v.) early 15c., "to roll down," from Latin devolvere "to roll down," from de- (see de-) + volvere "to roll," from PIE root *wel- (3) "to turn, revolve." 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.
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