简单释义：

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v. 移交；移归；流[滚]向下(向前)

网络 转移；委托；委任

变形：

第三人称单数：devolves  现在分词：devolving  过去分词：devolved  

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完整释义：

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v.

1.移归,授与
2.转移,移交
3.流[滚]向下(向前)
4.委托
5.移让

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例句：

1. They devolve too little power to local staff and rarely promote non-Japanese to top management.
   他们对当地员工下放权力太少，很少将非日本籍员工提拔到高层管理职位。

2. In this model the core leadership is largely relieved of direct operational responsibilities, which devolve to the branches and franchises.
   基于这一模式，核心领导层没有了直接指挥责任，而是把它下放到了分支及特权成员间。

3. Always wax , yet always wane : I melt myself with my own flame . Lighting darkness, with fate unblessed, I soon devolve to shapeless mess.
   全身是腊，永远衰微。我用我自己火融化我自己。带着诅咒的宿命，照亮黑暗。我不久就会转化为一团。

4. Foreign officials and analysts say the skirmishes this year have great potential to devolve into military conflict.
   外国专家认为，今年的一系列小冲突极有可能引发军事对抗。

5. There's an art today to acknowledge how deeply held are the differences, but not let differences devolve into divisions.
   承认有很深根深蒂固的分歧，但不要让分歧转变成分裂是当今的一门艺术。

6. Few aspects of civil society can devolve more quickly and more dangerously into personal civil war than the dissolution of a marriage.
   比起婚姻的解体，民事社会中很少有这方面的事情能更快速，更危险地演变成个人内战。

7. BP officials and legal analysts say the company is trying to be careful to avoid letting the findings devolve into more mud-slinging.
   来自英国石油的人士和法律分析师说，该公司正力图避免让调查报告进一步损害自身形象。

8. Most people would rather devolve this sort of responsibility to the authorities.
   大多数人宁愿将这种责任移交给当局。