devolve
英 [dɪ'vɒlv]
美[dɪ'vɑlv]
- vi. 被移交；转让
- vt. 转移；移交；使滚下；衰落
英英释意
- 1. pass on or delegate to another;
- "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
- 2. be inherited by;
- "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"
- 3. grow worse;
- "Her condition deteriorated"
- "Conditions in the slums degenerated"
- "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"