devolve
英[d?'v?lv]
美[d?'vɑlv]
- vi. 被移交；轉(zhuǎn)讓
- vt. 轉(zhuǎn)移；移交；使?jié)L下；衰落
英英釋意
- 1. pass on or delegate to another;
- "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
- 2. be inherited by;
- "The estate fell to my sister"
- "The land returned to the family"
- "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
- 3. grow worse;
- "Her condition deteriorated"
- "Conditions in the slums degenerated"
- "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"