| 单词 | devolve |
| 释义 | devolve (once / 1531 pages) v 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. The de- in devolve is a clue to its meaning. When things devolve, they deteriorate, degenerate, fall apart, go to the dogs, and generally end up worse. When a classroom gets loud and rowdy, a teacher might say the class has devolved. There is another, less negative, meaning of devolve. You can devolve responsibilities: for example, the U.S. government could devolve a certain responsibility to the states. The non-negative meaning of devolve is kind of like passing things on in a will. If I devolve something to you, you inherit it. WORD FAMILYdevolve: devolution, devolved, devolvement, devolves, devolving+/devolution: devolutions USAGE EXAMPLESBrexit minister Michael Russell said it would include plans to retain a place for Scotland in the single market and new devolved powers for Holyrood. BBC(Dec 17, 2016) The plans also will outline further "substantial" new powers that should be handed to the devolved parliament in Edinburgh post-Brexit. Reuters(Dec 17, 2016) He also promoted federalism as a way of devolving power from the central government during his campaign for the presidency earlier this year. Wall Street Journal(Dec 17, 2016) 1v pass on or delegate to another The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital Hyper assign, delegate, depute, designate give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) 2v be inherited by The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead Syn|Hypo|Hyper fall, pass, return accrue, fall come into the possession of fall, light fall to somebody by assignment or lot change hands, change owners be transferred to another owner 3v grow worse The discussion devolved into a shouting match Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper degenerate, deteriorate, drop convalesce, recover, recuperate get over an illness or shock recuperaterestore to good health or strength fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary lose interest or become bored with something or somebody fade, languishbecome feeble rot, wastebecome physically weaker gangrene, mortify, necrose, sphacelateundergo necrosis conk out, peter out, poop out, run down, run outuse up all one's strength and energy and stop working retire, withdrawlose interest decline, worsen grow worse |
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