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  1. Oxford American Dictionary

    devolution

    • IPA[ˌdevəˈlo͞oSH(ə)n]

    美式

    • n.
      the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration.；descent or degeneration to a lower or worse state

    • noun: devolution

    • 釋義

    名詞

    • 1. the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration.
    • ▪ descent or degeneration to a lower or worse state the devolution of the gentlemanly ideal into a glorification of drunkenness
    • ▪ the legal transfer of property from one owner to another.
    • ▪ evolutionary degeneration.