Definition of devolution in English:

devolution

noun ˌdɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)nˌdiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)nˌdɛvəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration.
（尤指中央政府向地方或地区行政部门的）权力下放；授权
demands for electoral reform and devolution
the devolution of power to the regions
Example sentencesExamples
- Leading the way in Scotland would have been using the powers of devolution to benefit the nation.
- Both are now looking for a Plan B and I suspect that the next crucial battleground will be local government reform and devolution to smaller and more powerful councils.
- Despite the protests and violence, the issue that really has everyone worried is a planned devolution of power by the central government to the regions.
- Postponing plans for a referendum on regional devolution has condemned Cumbria councils to a period of potentially damaging uncertainty.
- At Westminster their more thoughtful colleagues have started a debate about choice in public services and devolution of power to head teachers, hospitals and senior police officers.
- Constitutional amendments have mandated devolution of powers to the third tier of government.
- The process of devolution and restructuring of local government in Ireland that generated the project has been under way for some years.
- Strategic health authorities would also be disbanded and foundation hospitals would be redundant as the devolution of power down to the local level would exceed the current powers they enjoy.
- Health care, regional development and the devolution of powers to the territorial governments will figure prominently in all those meetings.
- And devolution has transformed British politics.
- Even after devolution, local government had little autonomy.
- If he had, he would have known with an awful clarity that devolution of power to a local level does nothing at all to reduce coercion or gross unfairness.
- In most instances widespread corruption, relatively centralised health policy making, and poor devolution to local governments lie at the core of the problem.
- Through the decentralization and devolution of state power to ethnic groups it hopes to dilute ethnicity and fashion a cohesive society.
- The cutbacks would mark a halt to the massive expansion within the civil service and local authorities since devolution.
- But this month's emphatic rejection of limited devolution powers by the people of north-east England appears to have put that plan on hold.
- The devolution of political power to Scotland, and to a lesser extent to Wales, has changed the political landscape.
- Quebec's perennial threat of separation from Canada has only been forestalled by massive devolution of governing powers from Ottawa to Quebec City.
- The lack of an overarching threat meant devolution of power away from central authorities.
- The devolution of power under the new regional autonomy laws has had an impact on fisheries management.
Synonyms
decentralization, delegation, dispersal, distribution, transfer, surrender, relinquishment
1. 1.1Law The legal transfer of property from one owner to another.
  〔律〕（财产的）合法转让
  Example sentencesExamples
  First, there are rules governing the devolution of property by will.
  Under these broad cultural practices, women became part of systems of inter-generational property devolution.
  That exception covers devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law [as well as] the application of African customary law in any case involving Africans.
  A telling sign of heightened stress within the patrilineal family is the rise of litigation over property devolution.
  This produces the following devolution of title to the legal estate and the equitable interest.
2formal Descent to a lower or worse state.
〈正式〉倒退；堕落；恶化
the devolution of the gentlemanly ideal into a glorification of drunkenness
从绅士式的理想到美化酗酒的堕落。
Example sentencesExamples
- In our judgement the power struggle within the TFG has ended with its devolution into factionalism.
- Branding is an effort at countering the devolution of a so-called proprietary good into a "commodity."
- Michel begins with this last work, considering the artist not in terms of his evolution but, in an important sense, his devolution.
- The headline says it all: ‘State stance on evolution a devolution into stupidity’.
- The trilogy traces Neo's evolution from man to god and Morpheus' devolution from god to man.
- Perhaps it's a natural devolution of the animal rights movement.
- Keng's devolution in the second half is made incredibly evident.
1. 2.1Biology Evolutionary degeneration.
  〔生〕退行进化，退化
  Example sentencesExamples
  This would help insure that any propagation of the human race worked toward evolution rather than devolution.
  So if there is a developmental sequence for species, then anything that reverses that sequence is devolution and degeneration.
  One more step in the devolution of the human brain.
  Also, at best, vestigial organs could only prove devolution (loss of information), not evolution.
  Evolution of a smaller jaw would at best be a result of devolution, dysgenics caused by the accumulation of mutations.

Derivatives

devolutionary

adjective

While the federal government has made a few devolutionary concessions, it has retained federal spending power as a tool to intrude in provincial jurisdiction.
Example sentencesExamples
- For the moment - and though the situation could change there is no reason why it must - the devolutionary experiment seems to have appeased national sentiment rather than encouraged nationalist politics.
- Crude though their implementation may have been, the anti-racist and devolutionary policies of the libertarian-dominated Labour councils of the 1980s are now seen as common sense by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
- That despairing and life-sapping culture was then modified by the devolutionary debate which argued that once Scotland had greater control over its affairs it could properly address the nation's problems.
- Scotland is living through an era of ‘embedded politics’ where every twist in the road leads to some form of devolutionary ramp and where virtually every subject no matter how strange comes into some contact with constitutional politics.

devolutionist

noun ˌdɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)nɪstˌdiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)nɪstˌdɛvəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)nəst

What the devolutionists failed to acknowledge was that, on almost as many occasions, England voted Tory but had a Labour government forced on it by the Scots.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some fear losing a referendum so close to a General Election, and even keen devolutionists want it put off, because they think the vote is being rushed.
- The best example for Northern devolutionists looking for new ideas (which I think we now have to) is Scotland.
- It may not be the political renewal most devolutionists were looking for, but democracy is a two-way street.
- Last night deflated devolutionists were stressing that the question of how the Northern regions can improve their economies themselves without elected assemblies still needed to be answered.

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense 'transference by default'): from late Latin devolutio(n-), from Latin devolvere 'roll down' (see devolve).

Definition of devolution in US English:

devolution

nounˌdevəˈl(y)o͞oSH(ə)nˌdɛvəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)n

1The transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration.
（尤指中央政府向地方或地区行政部门的）权力下放；授权
Example sentencesExamples
- The cutbacks would mark a halt to the massive expansion within the civil service and local authorities since devolution.
- If he had, he would have known with an awful clarity that devolution of power to a local level does nothing at all to reduce coercion or gross unfairness.
- Postponing plans for a referendum on regional devolution has condemned Cumbria councils to a period of potentially damaging uncertainty.
- Strategic health authorities would also be disbanded and foundation hospitals would be redundant as the devolution of power down to the local level would exceed the current powers they enjoy.
- And devolution has transformed British politics.
- In most instances widespread corruption, relatively centralised health policy making, and poor devolution to local governments lie at the core of the problem.
- At Westminster their more thoughtful colleagues have started a debate about choice in public services and devolution of power to head teachers, hospitals and senior police officers.
- Through the decentralization and devolution of state power to ethnic groups it hopes to dilute ethnicity and fashion a cohesive society.
- The devolution of power under the new regional autonomy laws has had an impact on fisheries management.
- The process of devolution and restructuring of local government in Ireland that generated the project has been under way for some years.
- But this month's emphatic rejection of limited devolution powers by the people of north-east England appears to have put that plan on hold.
- Health care, regional development and the devolution of powers to the territorial governments will figure prominently in all those meetings.
- The devolution of political power to Scotland, and to a lesser extent to Wales, has changed the political landscape.
- Despite the protests and violence, the issue that really has everyone worried is a planned devolution of power by the central government to the regions.
- Quebec's perennial threat of separation from Canada has only been forestalled by massive devolution of governing powers from Ottawa to Quebec City.
- Leading the way in Scotland would have been using the powers of devolution to benefit the nation.
- Even after devolution, local government had little autonomy.
- Constitutional amendments have mandated devolution of powers to the third tier of government.
- Both are now looking for a Plan B and I suspect that the next crucial battleground will be local government reform and devolution to smaller and more powerful councils.
- The lack of an overarching threat meant devolution of power away from central authorities.
Synonyms
decentralization, delegation, dispersal, distribution, transfer, surrender, relinquishment
1. 1.1formal Descent or degeneration to a lower or worse state.
  〈正式〉倒退；堕落；恶化
  the devolution of the gentlemanly ideal into a glorification of drunkenness
  从绅士式的理想到美化酗酒的堕落。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Perhaps it's a natural devolution of the animal rights movement.
  The trilogy traces Neo's evolution from man to god and Morpheus' devolution from god to man.
  In our judgement the power struggle within the TFG has ended with its devolution into factionalism.
  Michel begins with this last work, considering the artist not in terms of his evolution but, in an important sense, his devolution.
  Keng's devolution in the second half is made incredibly evident.
  The headline says it all: ‘State stance on evolution a devolution into stupidity’.
  Branding is an effort at countering the devolution of a so-called proprietary good into a "commodity."
2. 1.2Law The legal transfer of property from one owner to another.
  〔律〕（财产的）合法转让
  Example sentencesExamples
  Under these broad cultural practices, women became part of systems of inter-generational property devolution.
  That exception covers devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law [as well as] the application of African customary law in any case involving Africans.
  First, there are rules governing the devolution of property by will.
  This produces the following devolution of title to the legal estate and the equitable interest.
  A telling sign of heightened stress within the patrilineal family is the rise of litigation over property devolution.
3. 1.3Biology Evolutionary degeneration.
  〔生〕退行进化，退化
  Example sentencesExamples
  Also, at best, vestigial organs could only prove devolution (loss of information), not evolution.
  This would help insure that any propagation of the human race worked toward evolution rather than devolution.
  Evolution of a smaller jaw would at best be a result of devolution, dysgenics caused by the accumulation of mutations.
  One more step in the devolution of the human brain.
  So if there is a developmental sequence for species, then anything that reverses that sequence is devolution and degeneration.

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense ‘transference by default’): from late Latin devolutio(n-), from Latin devolvere ‘roll down’ (see devolve).

词汇	devolution
释义	Definition of devolution in English: devolution noun ˌdɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)nˌdiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)nˌdɛvəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration. （尤指中央政府向地方或地区行政部门的）权力下放；授权 demands for electoral reform and devolution the devolution of power to the regions Example sentencesExamples Leading the way in Scotland would have been using the powers of devolution to benefit the nation. Both are now looking for a Plan B and I suspect that the next crucial battleground will be local government reform and devolution to smaller and more powerful councils. Despite the protests and violence, the issue that really has everyone worried is a planned devolution of power by the central government to the regions. Postponing plans for a referendum on regional devolution has condemned Cumbria councils to a period of potentially damaging uncertainty. At Westminster their more thoughtful colleagues have started a debate about choice in public services and devolution of power to head teachers, hospitals and senior police officers. Constitutional amendments have mandated devolution of powers to the third tier of government. The process of devolution and restructuring of local government in Ireland that generated the project has been under way for some years. Strategic health authorities would also be disbanded and foundation hospitals would be redundant as the devolution of power down to the local level would exceed the current powers they enjoy. Health care, regional development and the devolution of powers to the territorial governments will figure prominently in all those meetings. And devolution has transformed British politics. Even after devolution, local government had little autonomy. If he had, he would have known with an awful clarity that devolution of power to a local level does nothing at all to reduce coercion or gross unfairness. In most instances widespread corruption, relatively centralised health policy making, and poor devolution to local governments lie at the core of the problem. Through the decentralization and devolution of state power to ethnic groups it hopes to dilute ethnicity and fashion a cohesive society. The cutbacks would mark a halt to the massive expansion within the civil service and local authorities since devolution. But this month's emphatic rejection of limited devolution powers by the people of north-east England appears to have put that plan on hold. The devolution of political power to Scotland, and to a lesser extent to Wales, has changed the political landscape. Quebec's perennial threat of separation from Canada has only been forestalled by massive devolution of governing powers from Ottawa to Quebec City. The lack of an overarching threat meant devolution of power away from central authorities. The devolution of power under the new regional autonomy laws has had an impact on fisheries management. Synonyms decentralization, delegation, dispersal, distribution, transfer, surrender, relinquishment 1.1Law The legal transfer of property from one owner to another. 〔律〕（财产的）合法转让 Example sentencesExamples First, there are rules governing the devolution of property by will. Under these broad cultural practices, women became part of systems of inter-generational property devolution. That exception covers devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law [as well as] the application of African customary law in any case involving Africans. A telling sign of heightened stress within the patrilineal family is the rise of litigation over property devolution. This produces the following devolution of title to the legal estate and the equitable interest. 2formal Descent to a lower or worse state. 〈正式〉倒退；堕落；恶化 the devolution of the gentlemanly ideal into a glorification of drunkenness 从绅士式的理想到美化酗酒的堕落。 Example sentencesExamples In our judgement the power struggle within the TFG has ended with its devolution into factionalism. Branding is an effort at countering the devolution of a so-called proprietary good into a "commodity." Michel begins with this last work, considering the artist not in terms of his evolution but, in an important sense, his devolution. The headline says it all: ‘State stance on evolution a devolution into stupidity’. The trilogy traces Neo's evolution from man to god and Morpheus' devolution from god to man. Perhaps it's a natural devolution of the animal rights movement. Keng's devolution in the second half is made incredibly evident. 2.1Biology Evolutionary degeneration. 〔生〕退行进化，退化 Example sentencesExamples This would help insure that any propagation of the human race worked toward evolution rather than devolution. So if there is a developmental sequence for species, then anything that reverses that sequence is devolution and degeneration. One more step in the devolution of the human brain. Also, at best, vestigial organs could only prove devolution (loss of information), not evolution. Evolution of a smaller jaw would at best be a result of devolution, dysgenics caused by the accumulation of mutations. Derivatives devolutionary adjective While the federal government has made a few devolutionary concessions, it has retained federal spending power as a tool to intrude in provincial jurisdiction. Example sentencesExamples For the moment - and though the situation could change there is no reason why it must - the devolutionary experiment seems to have appeased national sentiment rather than encouraged nationalist politics. Crude though their implementation may have been, the anti-racist and devolutionary policies of the libertarian-dominated Labour councils of the 1980s are now seen as common sense by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. That despairing and life-sapping culture was then modified by the devolutionary debate which argued that once Scotland had greater control over its affairs it could properly address the nation's problems. Scotland is living through an era of ‘embedded politics’ where every twist in the road leads to some form of devolutionary ramp and where virtually every subject no matter how strange comes into some contact with constitutional politics. devolutionist noun ˌdɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)nɪstˌdiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)nɪstˌdɛvəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)nəst What the devolutionists failed to acknowledge was that, on almost as many occasions, England voted Tory but had a Labour government forced on it by the Scots. Example sentencesExamples Some fear losing a referendum so close to a General Election, and even keen devolutionists want it put off, because they think the vote is being rushed. The best example for Northern devolutionists looking for new ideas (which I think we now have to) is Scotland. It may not be the political renewal most devolutionists were looking for, but democracy is a two-way street. Last night deflated devolutionists were stressing that the question of how the Northern regions can improve their economies themselves without elected assemblies still needed to be answered. Origin Late 15th century (in the sense 'transference by default'): from late Latin devolutio(n-), from Latin devolvere 'roll down' (see devolve). Definition of devolution in US English: devolution nounˌdevəˈl(y)o͞oSH(ə)nˌdɛvəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)n 1The transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration. （尤指中央政府向地方或地区行政部门的）权力下放；授权 Example sentencesExamples The cutbacks would mark a halt to the massive expansion within the civil service and local authorities since devolution. If he had, he would have known with an awful clarity that devolution of power to a local level does nothing at all to reduce coercion or gross unfairness. Postponing plans for a referendum on regional devolution has condemned Cumbria councils to a period of potentially damaging uncertainty. Strategic health authorities would also be disbanded and foundation hospitals would be redundant as the devolution of power down to the local level would exceed the current powers they enjoy. And devolution has transformed British politics. In most instances widespread corruption, relatively centralised health policy making, and poor devolution to local governments lie at the core of the problem. At Westminster their more thoughtful colleagues have started a debate about choice in public services and devolution of power to head teachers, hospitals and senior police officers. Through the decentralization and devolution of state power to ethnic groups it hopes to dilute ethnicity and fashion a cohesive society. The devolution of power under the new regional autonomy laws has had an impact on fisheries management. The process of devolution and restructuring of local government in Ireland that generated the project has been under way for some years. But this month's emphatic rejection of limited devolution powers by the people of north-east England appears to have put that plan on hold. Health care, regional development and the devolution of powers to the territorial governments will figure prominently in all those meetings. The devolution of political power to Scotland, and to a lesser extent to Wales, has changed the political landscape. Despite the protests and violence, the issue that really has everyone worried is a planned devolution of power by the central government to the regions. Quebec's perennial threat of separation from Canada has only been forestalled by massive devolution of governing powers from Ottawa to Quebec City. Leading the way in Scotland would have been using the powers of devolution to benefit the nation. Even after devolution, local government had little autonomy. Constitutional amendments have mandated devolution of powers to the third tier of government. Both are now looking for a Plan B and I suspect that the next crucial battleground will be local government reform and devolution to smaller and more powerful councils. The lack of an overarching threat meant devolution of power away from central authorities. Synonyms decentralization, delegation, dispersal, distribution, transfer, surrender, relinquishment 1.1formal Descent or degeneration to a lower or worse state. 〈正式〉倒退；堕落；恶化 the devolution of the gentlemanly ideal into a glorification of drunkenness 从绅士式的理想到美化酗酒的堕落。 Example sentencesExamples Perhaps it's a natural devolution of the animal rights movement. The trilogy traces Neo's evolution from man to god and Morpheus' devolution from god to man. In our judgement the power struggle within the TFG has ended with its devolution into factionalism. Michel begins with this last work, considering the artist not in terms of his evolution but, in an important sense, his devolution. Keng's devolution in the second half is made incredibly evident. The headline says it all: ‘State stance on evolution a devolution into stupidity’. Branding is an effort at countering the devolution of a so-called proprietary good into a "commodity." 1.2Law The legal transfer of property from one owner to another. 〔律〕（财产的）合法转让 Example sentencesExamples Under these broad cultural practices, women became part of systems of inter-generational property devolution. That exception covers devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law [as well as] the application of African customary law in any case involving Africans. First, there are rules governing the devolution of property by will. This produces the following devolution of title to the legal estate and the equitable interest. A telling sign of heightened stress within the patrilineal family is the rise of litigation over property devolution. 1.3Biology Evolutionary degeneration. 〔生〕退行进化，退化 Example sentencesExamples Also, at best, vestigial organs could only prove devolution (loss of information), not evolution. This would help insure that any propagation of the human race worked toward evolution rather than devolution. Evolution of a smaller jaw would at best be a result of devolution, dysgenics caused by the accumulation of mutations. One more step in the devolution of the human brain. So if there is a developmental sequence for species, then anything that reverses that sequence is devolution and degeneration. Origin Late 15th century (in the sense ‘transference by default’): from late Latin devolutio(n-), from Latin devolvere ‘roll down’ (see devolve).
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