| 单词 | devolution |
| 释义 | devolution —devolutionary, adj., n., —devolutionist, n. /dev'euh looh"sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /dee"veuh-/, n. 1. the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage. 2. the passing on to a successor of an unexercised right. 3. Law. the passing of property from one to another, as by hereditary succession. 4. Biol. degeneration. 5. the transfer of power or authority from a central government to a local government. [1535-45; ( < MF) < ML devolution- (s. of devolutio) a rolling down, equiv. to L devolut(us) rolled down (ptp. of devolvere; see DEVOLVE) + -ion- -ION] |
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