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1. Oxford Dictionary

   devolve

   • IPA[dɪˈvɒlv]

   英式

   • v.
     transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration；(of duties or responsibility) pass to (a body or person at a lower level)

   • verb: devolve, 3rd person present: devolves, gerund or present participle: devolving, past tense: devolved, past participle: devolved

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration measures to devolve power to a Scottish assembly
   • ▪ (of duties or responsibility) pass to (a body or person at a lower level) his duties devolved on a comrade
   • ▪ (of property) be transferred from one owner to (another), especially by inheritance the estate had devolved to the heir
   • 2. formal pass into (a different state, especially a worse one); degenerate the Empire devolved into separate warring states