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单词 devolve
释义
Devolve
vverb.socialpass on or delegate to another
Examples:
  • The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital
Derivationally Related Form:devolutiondevolvement
Hypernyms:assign delegate depute designate
Inherited Hypernyms:devolvedelegateappoint
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something to somebody
vverb.possessionbe inherited by
Synset:fall pass return
Examples:
  • 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
Hypernyms:change hands change owners
Inherited Hypernyms:fallchange handsmove
Direct Hyponyms:falllight
Full Troponyms:fall
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
vverb.bodygrow worse
Synset:degenerate deteriorate drop
Examples:
  • Her condition deteriorated
  • Conditions in the slums degenerated
  • The discussion devolved into a shouting match
Antonyms:recuperate
Derivationally Related Form:degenerationdegenerativedeterioration
Hypernyms:decline worsen
Inherited Hypernyms:devolveworsenchange statechange
Direct Hyponyms:fadefatiguejadelanguishpallrottirewasteweary
Full Troponyms:chicken outlanguishnecrosepoop outresileretiretirewaste
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
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