devolves

英 [dɪˈvɒlvz]

美 [dɪˈvɑːlvz]

v.  (使)(权力、职责等)下放;(使)移交
devolve的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）(权力、职责等)下放;（使） 移交
  If youdevolvepower, authority, or responsibilitytoa less powerful person or group, or if itdevolves uponthem, it is transferred to them.
  1. ...the need to decentralize and devolve power to regional governments...
     将权力分散并下放给地方政府的需要
  2. We have made a conscious effort to devolve responsibility...
     我们已有意识地下放职责。
  3. A large portion of this cost devolves upon the patient.
     这笔费用的很大一部分落在病人身上。

双语例句

• Analysts said the political and business elite of eastern Ukraine would use the results of the vote to demand greater autonomy, their ultimate aim being a loose federal structure that devolves maximum power to the regions.
  分析人士表示，乌克兰东部地区政商两界的精英将利用此次公投的结果，要求扩大自治权，他们的最终目标是建立一个宽泛的联邦结构，将权力尽可能多的移交给这些地区。
• The necessity for making decisions devolves on him.
  作出决策乃当务之急，此事必然地落在他身上。
• Established at the corporate level, the QMS then devolves out into the individual departments of the company.
  它以公司的高度建立，又分别落实到各个部门。
• When customers'dissatisfaction devolves into personal attacks, adulterating food or drink is a convenient way for servers to exact covert vengeance.
  当顾客的不满转移为人身攻击时，对服务员来说，在食物或饮料中掺假去准确地隐蔽其对顾客的报复是一种方便的方法。
• A large portion of this cost devolves upon the patient.
  这笔费用的很大一部分落在病人身上。
• In case of failure of direct descendants, the throne devolves upon the nearest prince.
  如果没有直系子孙，王位就传给最亲近的王子。
• When my boss is away, his work devolves on me.
  经理不在时，他的工作归我负责。
• It devolves on you to make good use of the available funds.
  好好利用这笔可用资金，这个任务就交给你了。
• 1999-The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive.
  1999年，英国将北爱尔兰的政权移交给北爱尔兰行政部。
• The necessity for making great decisions devolves, not upon him, but upon those others.
  必须作出重要决定的权力没有落在他身上，而是落在其他那些人身上。