Definition of devolve in English:

devolve

verb dɪˈvɒlvdəˈvɑlv

1with object Transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration.
（尤指中央政府向地方或地区政府）移交（权力）；下放（权力）
measures to devolve power to a Scottish assembly
将权力下放到某一苏格兰地方议会的措施。
Example sentencesExamples
- Indonesia chose a rather drastic form of decentralization; from a highly centralized government to a system devolving political power to over 400 districts.
- They have legislated to expand trial by jury, devolve powers to local councils and ban the police from entering universities.
- Yet another law was passed, in first reading, to devolve some powers of the central government to regional councils.
- The Cabinet cited a need to address ‘practical problems’ that reform might present and to devolve certain powers in such a way as to optimize local autonomy.
- The State Government devolving its powers on local self-governments is not to be criticised.
- Behind the woolly talk of local powers and responsibilities is a failure to devolve real powers or funds to improve transport in the regions.
- The fundamental issue is that if you devolve power and money down to the local level you get programmes going in different directions, ineffectiveness, and on occasion corruption.
- The current settlement devolves substantial power and funding to the Scottish parliament and compares well with most other sub-national jurisdictions of the world.
- Central governments do not, generally, wish to devolve effective power in any way - that is the root of this whole problem, and the reason why the government may be following its current course of action.
- The government claims regional assemblies would devolve power and decision-making.
- What is clear is that Jakarta has devolved many powers to the municipalities.
- We will continue to devolve power to our regions and localities wherever we can.
- The way they have devolved power to Scotland and Wales is an absolute disgrace.
- This means cutting the number of health authorities by two thirds and devolving some power to the regional authorities.
- Turnout is also very low in elections for local councils, devolved institutions and the European Parliament.
- Let's imagine a situation where regional assemblies over England decide to pursue the same line as London, and the national agencies are broken up so as to devolve power to local decision-makers.
- He said: ‘If you are going to devolve power to local communities, giving them a list of who should be involved is counter-productive.’
- Unless we devolve powers to county level and abolish the quangos, we will fail to energise local government to the challenges of the 21st century.
- The yes campaigners believe this is a unique opportunity to devolve power from Westminster to the region.
- We expected more from this Government, which came to power promising to devolve power to the regions.
Synonyms
delegate, pass (down/on), hand down/over/on, depute, transfer, transmit, commit, assign, consign, convey, entrust, turn over, make over, sign over, give, part with, let go of, leave, cede, surrender, relinquish, deliver
bestow, grant
offload, dump, get rid of, palm off, foist, fob off
1. 1.1devolve on/upon/tono object (of duties or responsibility) pass to (a body or person at a lower level)
  （职权或职责）移交，转移（给下级机构或下属）
  his duties devolved on a comrade
  他的职责移交给了一位同志。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If it doesn't, the obligation devolves upon the member associations and therefore the member associations are free to do so if they have a reasonable prospect of doing so effectively.
  The responsibility devolving on man is known, in the phraseology of Islam, as takleef-i-shar'ee or religious obligation, which is laid on every man according to his competence depending on his strength.
  The awesome task of creating a modern, democratic Afghan state - and in the process turning 3,000 years of historical development on its head - devolves on him.
  It was agreed at the meeting that control of access to the records was your function as Secretary to the Inquiry, but that ultimately the responsibility would devolve on the Treasury.
  With the men away from the court for long periods in the army or on official postings, responsibility devolved upon aristocratic women, many of whom personally directed the factions themselves.
  From here on out, responsibility for my apprenticeship as a feeder devolved to me alone.
  Why is it always that responsibilities like this devolve on me?
  The governor's call for a non-binding referendum means this responsibility will ultimately devolve upon us.
  Or should responsibility only devolve on two or three of them who bought the last rounds?
  A committee or coalition cannot instigate true love; the responsibility for this devolves to substantial human exemplars.
  Egger were the contract administrators and that duty devolved on Mr Dent.
  They stressed education so that people would better understand the faith, and the responsibility for education devolved on the home, the church, and the state.
  Perhaps more to the point, however, Heidegger's secularized meditation on the imminence of death and the responsibilities that devolve to us as a result owe more to the heroic literature of Ernest Juenger.
  One reason why it was not found is one considers the comment that we had breached our duty or our duty had devolved upon us so as to call for us to act some time long before November 1996.
  While credit for the good is claimed by both, accountability for the ills like rampant tree cutting does not devolve on either.
  Although she is still Riverdance's producer, much of the day-to-day responsibilities for managing the shows have been devolved to a management team.
  But since all are created equally in the image of God, there is a duty that devolves upon the ‘haves’ to give of their substance to the ‘have-nots’ in order to effect justice.
  But at the end of the day, responsibility devolves upon the commander at sea, and Jellicoe had missed the fleeting opportunity to deliver a decisive victory in Trafalgar-fashion.
  I'm not saying that sexual responsibility devolves to women.
  As in the other two we find in No.3 that amount of Conscientiousness which will give a desire to fulfil the duties devolving upon her in a trustworthy manner.
2. 1.2devolve on/upon/toLaw no object (of property) be transferred from one owner to (another), especially by inheritance.
  〔律〕（不动产）被继承（或被转让）
  the estate had devolved to the heir
  Example sentencesExamples
  By the Section 38 Order, this property would devolve to Highland.
  The trustee may by notice in writing claim for the bankrupt's estate any property which has been acquired by, or has devolved upon, the bankrupt since the commencement of the bankruptcy.
  The term is defined in LPA 1925, s. 205, as any real property which on an intestacy occurring before the commencement of this Act might have devolved upon an heir.
  In 1986, the government of India passed a bill which increased the punishment for accepting dowry and decreed that in cases where a woman died an unnatural death, her property would devolve on her children or be returned to her parents.
2devolve intoformal no object Pass into (a different state, especially a worse one); degenerate.
the Empire devolved into separate warring states
帝国分裂成了几个相互交战的国家。
Example sentencesExamples
- What started off as a nice satire of Big Science and weapons research devolves into an unpleasant story of corruption involving a large cast of unpleasant characters.
- The result is that thinking becomes so mechanical that it is best done by managers and machines; reason devolves into a technology of control wielded by the wealthy and powerful.
- Her piece then devolves into a long remembrance of her history, that of a working class girl who became disillusioned with her chosen party because it ceased to care.
- Bruce stews with indignity (and Nelson has one unforgettable meltdown), but at times in Act 2 the endeavor seemed in danger of devolving into a shouting contest.
- Shielding programs from Congressional oversight allows for small programs to devolve into gigantic, often bizarre, schemes that would never pass muster with Congress.
- And everything is devolving into a kind of chaos.
- The reauthorization debate is the domestic policy opportunity of the near future, but it will be a lost opportunity if it devolves into an argument over whether this or that element of the 1996 changes succeeded.
- In the meantime, the mainstream press is devolving into a combination of conventional entertainment and political theater, all of it remote from the reality that most Americans know.
- To prevent Burnt Sugar's music from devolving into self-indulgent jam band territory, early in the group's development Tate began using conduction, a system of baton gestures devised by Butch Morris.
- The promise of the first hour devolves into a muddle supporting every possible theory of who wrote Shakespeare while side plots involving Anne Hathaway and Queen Elizabeth lead nowhere.
- The first half is pretty cool, as we meet the central character and see his peculiar behaviour, however in the second half it pretty much devolves into a boring conventional thriller with nothing especially interesting to say.
- Meanwhile, the glimpses we have of the Berlin above show a landscape out of The Triumph of Death, a city devolving into total anomie.
- Worse, fullbacks have devolved into one-dimensional blockers who may only see action on one-fifth of a team's snaps - and they're lucky to touch the ball at all.
- What starts off as an interesting premise quickly devolves into a melodrama that cannot be sustained by a cast of actors who look like they would rather be somewhere else.
- One detailed concerns that the country is devolving into a ‘narco state’ with about 60 per cent of its income derived from opium.
- If the detectives are of differing abilities it devolves into a situation where one player is deciding the best move for everybody else.
- Unfortunately, that intensity's exactly what's lacking in Yellowknife, a stylish road movie whose early promise devolves into a hash of bad sex and worse plotting.
- This rant then devolves into a general pasting of popular music and is not especially coherent, but then, what do you want out of a one-eared, stuffed deer.
- The reason many critics see the world devolving into vulgar chaos is that they see a world filled with artifacts, nearly all of them disposable, that have no meaning to them.
- Williams chokes off every bit of his classic manic energy, which ends up channeling much meaning into every little bit of body language - while never devolving into obvious mannerisms.

Derivatives

devolvement

noun

Firstly, whether that level of devolvement can be maintained for the future, looking at the great drain that it is on resources.
Example sentencesExamples
- As the devolvement has proceeded, flexibility and innovation have taken a strange turn.
- Since July 2000 we've seen the devolvement of health trusts and their staff into primary care trusts.
- Let's grasp it and show the country that, with an elected mayor and a devolvement of power and authority to local level, Bolton can lead the way.
- The devolvement of powers to parish and town councils is a strategy which has to be pursued.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'roll down'): from Latin devolvere, from de- 'down' + volvere 'to roll'.

revolve from Late Middle English:
The Latin verb volvere had the sense ‘to turn round, roll, tumble’; add re- in front and you get meaning such as ‘turn back, turn round’. This is the basic idea behind revolve and its offshoots: revolution (Late Middle English) which only came to mean the overthrow of a government in 1600, and which developed the form rev for the turning over of a motor in the early 20th century; and revolt (mid 16th century) initially used politically, and developing the sense ‘to make someone turn away in disgust’ in the mid 18th century. The sense ‘roll, tumble’ of volvere developed into vault, both for the sense ‘leap’ (mid 16th century) which came via Old French volter ‘to turn (a horse), gambol’, and for the arch that springs up to form a roof (Middle English). The turning sense is found in voluble (Middle English) initially used to mean ‘turning’, but was used for words rolling out of the mouth by the late 16th century, and in volume (Late Middle English) originally a rolled scroll rather than a book, but with the sense ‘quantity’ coming from an obsolete meaning ‘size or extent (of a book)’ by the early 16th century. Convoluted (late 18th century) comes from convolvere ‘rolled together, intertwined’ (the plant convolvulus, from the same root, that climbs by turning its stem around a support already existed as a word in Latin, where it could also mean a caterpillar that rolls itself up in a leaf); while devolve (Late Middle English) comes from its opposite devolvere ‘to unroll, roll down’; and involve (Late Middle English) from involvere ‘to roll in’.

Rhymes

absolve, evolve, exsolve, involve, revolve, solve

Definition of devolve in US English:

devolve

verbdəˈvɑlvdəˈvälv

[with object]

1Transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration.
（尤指中央政府向地方或地区政府）移交（权力）；下放（权力）
measures to devolve power to the provinces
将权力下放到某一苏格兰地方议会的措施。
Example sentencesExamples
- The government claims regional assemblies would devolve power and decision-making.
- The yes campaigners believe this is a unique opportunity to devolve power from Westminster to the region.
- The Cabinet cited a need to address ‘practical problems’ that reform might present and to devolve certain powers in such a way as to optimize local autonomy.
- Turnout is also very low in elections for local councils, devolved institutions and the European Parliament.
- The way they have devolved power to Scotland and Wales is an absolute disgrace.
- They have legislated to expand trial by jury, devolve powers to local councils and ban the police from entering universities.
- What is clear is that Jakarta has devolved many powers to the municipalities.
- Behind the woolly talk of local powers and responsibilities is a failure to devolve real powers or funds to improve transport in the regions.
- Let's imagine a situation where regional assemblies over England decide to pursue the same line as London, and the national agencies are broken up so as to devolve power to local decision-makers.
- He said: ‘If you are going to devolve power to local communities, giving them a list of who should be involved is counter-productive.’
- Indonesia chose a rather drastic form of decentralization; from a highly centralized government to a system devolving political power to over 400 districts.
- We expected more from this Government, which came to power promising to devolve power to the regions.
- The fundamental issue is that if you devolve power and money down to the local level you get programmes going in different directions, ineffectiveness, and on occasion corruption.
- Yet another law was passed, in first reading, to devolve some powers of the central government to regional councils.
- The current settlement devolves substantial power and funding to the Scottish parliament and compares well with most other sub-national jurisdictions of the world.
- This means cutting the number of health authorities by two thirds and devolving some power to the regional authorities.
- Central governments do not, generally, wish to devolve effective power in any way - that is the root of this whole problem, and the reason why the government may be following its current course of action.
- Unless we devolve powers to county level and abolish the quangos, we will fail to energise local government to the challenges of the 21st century.
- We will continue to devolve power to our regions and localities wherever we can.
- The State Government devolving its powers on local self-governments is not to be criticised.
Synonyms
delegate, pass, pass down, pass on, hand down, hand on, hand over, depute, transfer, transmit, commit, assign, consign, convey, entrust, turn over, make over, sign over, give, part with, let go of, leave, cede, surrender, relinquish, deliver
1. 1.1devolve on/upon/tono object (of duties or responsibility) pass to (a body or person at a lower level)
  （职权或职责）移交，转移（给下级机构或下属）
  his duties devolved on a comrade
  他的职责移交给了一位同志。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The responsibility devolving on man is known, in the phraseology of Islam, as takleef-i-shar'ee or religious obligation, which is laid on every man according to his competence depending on his strength.
  Although she is still Riverdance's producer, much of the day-to-day responsibilities for managing the shows have been devolved to a management team.
  One reason why it was not found is one considers the comment that we had breached our duty or our duty had devolved upon us so as to call for us to act some time long before November 1996.
  I'm not saying that sexual responsibility devolves to women.
  Or should responsibility only devolve on two or three of them who bought the last rounds?
  The governor's call for a non-binding referendum means this responsibility will ultimately devolve upon us.
  Perhaps more to the point, however, Heidegger's secularized meditation on the imminence of death and the responsibilities that devolve to us as a result owe more to the heroic literature of Ernest Juenger.
  The awesome task of creating a modern, democratic Afghan state - and in the process turning 3,000 years of historical development on its head - devolves on him.
  Egger were the contract administrators and that duty devolved on Mr Dent.
  If it doesn't, the obligation devolves upon the member associations and therefore the member associations are free to do so if they have a reasonable prospect of doing so effectively.
  With the men away from the court for long periods in the army or on official postings, responsibility devolved upon aristocratic women, many of whom personally directed the factions themselves.
  But at the end of the day, responsibility devolves upon the commander at sea, and Jellicoe had missed the fleeting opportunity to deliver a decisive victory in Trafalgar-fashion.
  They stressed education so that people would better understand the faith, and the responsibility for education devolved on the home, the church, and the state.
  But since all are created equally in the image of God, there is a duty that devolves upon the ‘haves’ to give of their substance to the ‘have-nots’ in order to effect justice.
  A committee or coalition cannot instigate true love; the responsibility for this devolves to substantial human exemplars.
  As in the other two we find in No.3 that amount of Conscientiousness which will give a desire to fulfil the duties devolving upon her in a trustworthy manner.
  From here on out, responsibility for my apprenticeship as a feeder devolved to me alone.
  While credit for the good is claimed by both, accountability for the ills like rampant tree cutting does not devolve on either.
  Why is it always that responsibilities like this devolve on me?
  It was agreed at the meeting that control of access to the records was your function as Secretary to the Inquiry, but that ultimately the responsibility would devolve on the Treasury.
2. 1.2devolve intoformal no object Degenerate or be split into.
  〈正式〉衰落；分裂
  the Empire devolved into separate warring states
  帝国分裂成了几个相互交战的国家。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Meanwhile, the glimpses we have of the Berlin above show a landscape out of The Triumph of Death, a city devolving into total anomie.
  The reason many critics see the world devolving into vulgar chaos is that they see a world filled with artifacts, nearly all of them disposable, that have no meaning to them.
  Williams chokes off every bit of his classic manic energy, which ends up channeling much meaning into every little bit of body language - while never devolving into obvious mannerisms.
  The reauthorization debate is the domestic policy opportunity of the near future, but it will be a lost opportunity if it devolves into an argument over whether this or that element of the 1996 changes succeeded.
  If the detectives are of differing abilities it devolves into a situation where one player is deciding the best move for everybody else.
  Her piece then devolves into a long remembrance of her history, that of a working class girl who became disillusioned with her chosen party because it ceased to care.
  One detailed concerns that the country is devolving into a ‘narco state’ with about 60 per cent of its income derived from opium.
  What started off as a nice satire of Big Science and weapons research devolves into an unpleasant story of corruption involving a large cast of unpleasant characters.
  In the meantime, the mainstream press is devolving into a combination of conventional entertainment and political theater, all of it remote from the reality that most Americans know.
  The result is that thinking becomes so mechanical that it is best done by managers and machines; reason devolves into a technology of control wielded by the wealthy and powerful.
  This rant then devolves into a general pasting of popular music and is not especially coherent, but then, what do you want out of a one-eared, stuffed deer.
  The promise of the first hour devolves into a muddle supporting every possible theory of who wrote Shakespeare while side plots involving Anne Hathaway and Queen Elizabeth lead nowhere.
  The first half is pretty cool, as we meet the central character and see his peculiar behaviour, however in the second half it pretty much devolves into a boring conventional thriller with nothing especially interesting to say.
  Bruce stews with indignity (and Nelson has one unforgettable meltdown), but at times in Act 2 the endeavor seemed in danger of devolving into a shouting contest.
  Unfortunately, that intensity's exactly what's lacking in Yellowknife, a stylish road movie whose early promise devolves into a hash of bad sex and worse plotting.
  And everything is devolving into a kind of chaos.
  What starts off as an interesting premise quickly devolves into a melodrama that cannot be sustained by a cast of actors who look like they would rather be somewhere else.
  Worse, fullbacks have devolved into one-dimensional blockers who may only see action on one-fifth of a team's snaps - and they're lucky to touch the ball at all.
  To prevent Burnt Sugar's music from devolving into self-indulgent jam band territory, early in the group's development Tate began using conduction, a system of baton gestures devised by Butch Morris.
  Shielding programs from Congressional oversight allows for small programs to devolve into gigantic, often bizarre, schemes that would never pass muster with Congress.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘roll down’): from Latin devolvere, from de- ‘down’ + volvere ‘to roll’.

词汇	devolve
释义	Definition of devolve in English: devolve verb dɪˈvɒlvdəˈvɑlv 1with object Transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration. （尤指中央政府向地方或地区政府）移交（权力）；下放（权力） measures to devolve power to a Scottish assembly 将权力下放到某一苏格兰地方议会的措施。 Example sentencesExamples Indonesia chose a rather drastic form of decentralization; from a highly centralized government to a system devolving political power to over 400 districts. They have legislated to expand trial by jury, devolve powers to local councils and ban the police from entering universities. Yet another law was passed, in first reading, to devolve some powers of the central government to regional councils. The Cabinet cited a need to address ‘practical problems’ that reform might present and to devolve certain powers in such a way as to optimize local autonomy. The State Government devolving its powers on local self-governments is not to be criticised. Behind the woolly talk of local powers and responsibilities is a failure to devolve real powers or funds to improve transport in the regions. The fundamental issue is that if you devolve power and money down to the local level you get programmes going in different directions, ineffectiveness, and on occasion corruption. The current settlement devolves substantial power and funding to the Scottish parliament and compares well with most other sub-national jurisdictions of the world. Central governments do not, generally, wish to devolve effective power in any way - that is the root of this whole problem, and the reason why the government may be following its current course of action. The government claims regional assemblies would devolve power and decision-making. What is clear is that Jakarta has devolved many powers to the municipalities. We will continue to devolve power to our regions and localities wherever we can. The way they have devolved power to Scotland and Wales is an absolute disgrace. This means cutting the number of health authorities by two thirds and devolving some power to the regional authorities. Turnout is also very low in elections for local councils, devolved institutions and the European Parliament. Let's imagine a situation where regional assemblies over England decide to pursue the same line as London, and the national agencies are broken up so as to devolve power to local decision-makers. He said: ‘If you are going to devolve power to local communities, giving them a list of who should be involved is counter-productive.’ Unless we devolve powers to county level and abolish the quangos, we will fail to energise local government to the challenges of the 21st century. The yes campaigners believe this is a unique opportunity to devolve power from Westminster to the region. We expected more from this Government, which came to power promising to devolve power to the regions. Synonyms delegate, pass (down/on), hand down/over/on, depute, transfer, transmit, commit, assign, consign, convey, entrust, turn over, make over, sign over, give, part with, let go of, leave, cede, surrender, relinquish, deliver bestow, grant offload, dump, get rid of, palm off, foist, fob off 1.1devolve on/upon/tono object (of duties or responsibility) pass to (a body or person at a lower level) （职权或职责）移交，转移（给下级机构或下属） his duties devolved on a comrade 他的职责移交给了一位同志。 Example sentencesExamples If it doesn't, the obligation devolves upon the member associations and therefore the member associations are free to do so if they have a reasonable prospect of doing so effectively. The responsibility devolving on man is known, in the phraseology of Islam, as takleef-i-shar'ee or religious obligation, which is laid on every man according to his competence depending on his strength. The awesome task of creating a modern, democratic Afghan state - and in the process turning 3,000 years of historical development on its head - devolves on him. It was agreed at the meeting that control of access to the records was your function as Secretary to the Inquiry, but that ultimately the responsibility would devolve on the Treasury. With the men away from the court for long periods in the army or on official postings, responsibility devolved upon aristocratic women, many of whom personally directed the factions themselves. From here on out, responsibility for my apprenticeship as a feeder devolved to me alone. Why is it always that responsibilities like this devolve on me? The governor's call for a non-binding referendum means this responsibility will ultimately devolve upon us. Or should responsibility only devolve on two or three of them who bought the last rounds? A committee or coalition cannot instigate true love; the responsibility for this devolves to substantial human exemplars. Egger were the contract administrators and that duty devolved on Mr Dent. They stressed education so that people would better understand the faith, and the responsibility for education devolved on the home, the church, and the state. Perhaps more to the point, however, Heidegger's secularized meditation on the imminence of death and the responsibilities that devolve to us as a result owe more to the heroic literature of Ernest Juenger. One reason why it was not found is one considers the comment that we had breached our duty or our duty had devolved upon us so as to call for us to act some time long before November 1996. While credit for the good is claimed by both, accountability for the ills like rampant tree cutting does not devolve on either. Although she is still Riverdance's producer, much of the day-to-day responsibilities for managing the shows have been devolved to a management team. But since all are created equally in the image of God, there is a duty that devolves upon the ‘haves’ to give of their substance to the ‘have-nots’ in order to effect justice. But at the end of the day, responsibility devolves upon the commander at sea, and Jellicoe had missed the fleeting opportunity to deliver a decisive victory in Trafalgar-fashion. I'm not saying that sexual responsibility devolves to women. As in the other two we find in No.3 that amount of Conscientiousness which will give a desire to fulfil the duties devolving upon her in a trustworthy manner. 1.2devolve on/upon/toLaw no object (of property) be transferred from one owner to (another), especially by inheritance. 〔律〕（不动产）被继承（或被转让） the estate had devolved to the heir Example sentencesExamples By the Section 38 Order, this property would devolve to Highland. The trustee may by notice in writing claim for the bankrupt's estate any property which has been acquired by, or has devolved upon, the bankrupt since the commencement of the bankruptcy. The term is defined in LPA 1925, s. 205, as any real property which on an intestacy occurring before the commencement of this Act might have devolved upon an heir. In 1986, the government of India passed a bill which increased the punishment for accepting dowry and decreed that in cases where a woman died an unnatural death, her property would devolve on her children or be returned to her parents. 2devolve intoformal no object Pass into (a different state, especially a worse one); degenerate. the Empire devolved into separate warring states 帝国分裂成了几个相互交战的国家。 Example sentencesExamples What started off as a nice satire of Big Science and weapons research devolves into an unpleasant story of corruption involving a large cast of unpleasant characters. The result is that thinking becomes so mechanical that it is best done by managers and machines; reason devolves into a technology of control wielded by the wealthy and powerful. Her piece then devolves into a long remembrance of her history, that of a working class girl who became disillusioned with her chosen party because it ceased to care. Bruce stews with indignity (and Nelson has one unforgettable meltdown), but at times in Act 2 the endeavor seemed in danger of devolving into a shouting contest. Shielding programs from Congressional oversight allows for small programs to devolve into gigantic, often bizarre, schemes that would never pass muster with Congress. And everything is devolving into a kind of chaos. The reauthorization debate is the domestic policy opportunity of the near future, but it will be a lost opportunity if it devolves into an argument over whether this or that element of the 1996 changes succeeded. In the meantime, the mainstream press is devolving into a combination of conventional entertainment and political theater, all of it remote from the reality that most Americans know. To prevent Burnt Sugar's music from devolving into self-indulgent jam band territory, early in the group's development Tate began using conduction, a system of baton gestures devised by Butch Morris. The promise of the first hour devolves into a muddle supporting every possible theory of who wrote Shakespeare while side plots involving Anne Hathaway and Queen Elizabeth lead nowhere. The first half is pretty cool, as we meet the central character and see his peculiar behaviour, however in the second half it pretty much devolves into a boring conventional thriller with nothing especially interesting to say. Meanwhile, the glimpses we have of the Berlin above show a landscape out of The Triumph of Death, a city devolving into total anomie. Worse, fullbacks have devolved into one-dimensional blockers who may only see action on one-fifth of a team's snaps - and they're lucky to touch the ball at all. What starts off as an interesting premise quickly devolves into a melodrama that cannot be sustained by a cast of actors who look like they would rather be somewhere else. One detailed concerns that the country is devolving into a ‘narco state’ with about 60 per cent of its income derived from opium. If the detectives are of differing abilities it devolves into a situation where one player is deciding the best move for everybody else. Unfortunately, that intensity's exactly what's lacking in Yellowknife, a stylish road movie whose early promise devolves into a hash of bad sex and worse plotting. This rant then devolves into a general pasting of popular music and is not especially coherent, but then, what do you want out of a one-eared, stuffed deer. The reason many critics see the world devolving into vulgar chaos is that they see a world filled with artifacts, nearly all of them disposable, that have no meaning to them. Williams chokes off every bit of his classic manic energy, which ends up channeling much meaning into every little bit of body language - while never devolving into obvious mannerisms. Derivatives devolvement noun Firstly, whether that level of devolvement can be maintained for the future, looking at the great drain that it is on resources. Example sentencesExamples As the devolvement has proceeded, flexibility and innovation have taken a strange turn. Since July 2000 we've seen the devolvement of health trusts and their staff into primary care trusts. Let's grasp it and show the country that, with an elected mayor and a devolvement of power and authority to local level, Bolton can lead the way. The devolvement of powers to parish and town councils is a strategy which has to be pursued. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'roll down'): from Latin devolvere, from de- 'down' + volvere 'to roll'. revolve from Late Middle English: The Latin verb volvere had the sense ‘to turn round, roll, tumble’; add re- in front and you get meaning such as ‘turn back, turn round’. This is the basic idea behind revolve and its offshoots: revolution (Late Middle English) which only came to mean the overthrow of a government in 1600, and which developed the form rev for the turning over of a motor in the early 20th century; and revolt (mid 16th century) initially used politically, and developing the sense ‘to make someone turn away in disgust’ in the mid 18th century. The sense ‘roll, tumble’ of volvere developed into vault, both for the sense ‘leap’ (mid 16th century) which came via Old French volter ‘to turn (a horse), gambol’, and for the arch that springs up to form a roof (Middle English). The turning sense is found in voluble (Middle English) initially used to mean ‘turning’, but was used for words rolling out of the mouth by the late 16th century, and in volume (Late Middle English) originally a rolled scroll rather than a book, but with the sense ‘quantity’ coming from an obsolete meaning ‘size or extent (of a book)’ by the early 16th century. Convoluted (late 18th century) comes from convolvere ‘rolled together, intertwined’ (the plant convolvulus, from the same root, that climbs by turning its stem around a support already existed as a word in Latin, where it could also mean a caterpillar that rolls itself up in a leaf); while devolve (Late Middle English) comes from its opposite devolvere ‘to unroll, roll down’; and involve (Late Middle English) from involvere ‘to roll in’. Rhymes absolve, evolve, exsolve, involve, revolve, solve Definition of devolve in US English: devolve verbdəˈvɑlvdəˈvälv [with object] 1Transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration. （尤指中央政府向地方或地区政府）移交（权力）；下放（权力） measures to devolve power to the provinces 将权力下放到某一苏格兰地方议会的措施。 Example sentencesExamples The government claims regional assemblies would devolve power and decision-making. The yes campaigners believe this is a unique opportunity to devolve power from Westminster to the region. The Cabinet cited a need to address ‘practical problems’ that reform might present and to devolve certain powers in such a way as to optimize local autonomy. Turnout is also very low in elections for local councils, devolved institutions and the European Parliament. The way they have devolved power to Scotland and Wales is an absolute disgrace. They have legislated to expand trial by jury, devolve powers to local councils and ban the police from entering universities. What is clear is that Jakarta has devolved many powers to the municipalities. Behind the woolly talk of local powers and responsibilities is a failure to devolve real powers or funds to improve transport in the regions. Let's imagine a situation where regional assemblies over England decide to pursue the same line as London, and the national agencies are broken up so as to devolve power to local decision-makers. He said: ‘If you are going to devolve power to local communities, giving them a list of who should be involved is counter-productive.’ Indonesia chose a rather drastic form of decentralization; from a highly centralized government to a system devolving political power to over 400 districts. We expected more from this Government, which came to power promising to devolve power to the regions. The fundamental issue is that if you devolve power and money down to the local level you get programmes going in different directions, ineffectiveness, and on occasion corruption. Yet another law was passed, in first reading, to devolve some powers of the central government to regional councils. The current settlement devolves substantial power and funding to the Scottish parliament and compares well with most other sub-national jurisdictions of the world. This means cutting the number of health authorities by two thirds and devolving some power to the regional authorities. Central governments do not, generally, wish to devolve effective power in any way - that is the root of this whole problem, and the reason why the government may be following its current course of action. Unless we devolve powers to county level and abolish the quangos, we will fail to energise local government to the challenges of the 21st century. We will continue to devolve power to our regions and localities wherever we can. The State Government devolving its powers on local self-governments is not to be criticised. Synonyms delegate, pass, pass down, pass on, hand down, hand on, hand over, depute, transfer, transmit, commit, assign, consign, convey, entrust, turn over, make over, sign over, give, part with, let go of, leave, cede, surrender, relinquish, deliver 1.1devolve on/upon/tono object (of duties or responsibility) pass to (a body or person at a lower level) （职权或职责）移交，转移（给下级机构或下属） his duties devolved on a comrade 他的职责移交给了一位同志。 Example sentencesExamples The responsibility devolving on man is known, in the phraseology of Islam, as takleef-i-shar'ee or religious obligation, which is laid on every man according to his competence depending on his strength. Although she is still Riverdance's producer, much of the day-to-day responsibilities for managing the shows have been devolved to a management team. One reason why it was not found is one considers the comment that we had breached our duty or our duty had devolved upon us so as to call for us to act some time long before November 1996. I'm not saying that sexual responsibility devolves to women. Or should responsibility only devolve on two or three of them who bought the last rounds? The governor's call for a non-binding referendum means this responsibility will ultimately devolve upon us. Perhaps more to the point, however, Heidegger's secularized meditation on the imminence of death and the responsibilities that devolve to us as a result owe more to the heroic literature of Ernest Juenger. The awesome task of creating a modern, democratic Afghan state - and in the process turning 3,000 years of historical development on its head - devolves on him. Egger were the contract administrators and that duty devolved on Mr Dent. If it doesn't, the obligation devolves upon the member associations and therefore the member associations are free to do so if they have a reasonable prospect of doing so effectively. With the men away from the court for long periods in the army or on official postings, responsibility devolved upon aristocratic women, many of whom personally directed the factions themselves. But at the end of the day, responsibility devolves upon the commander at sea, and Jellicoe had missed the fleeting opportunity to deliver a decisive victory in Trafalgar-fashion. They stressed education so that people would better understand the faith, and the responsibility for education devolved on the home, the church, and the state. But since all are created equally in the image of God, there is a duty that devolves upon the ‘haves’ to give of their substance to the ‘have-nots’ in order to effect justice. A committee or coalition cannot instigate true love; the responsibility for this devolves to substantial human exemplars. As in the other two we find in No.3 that amount of Conscientiousness which will give a desire to fulfil the duties devolving upon her in a trustworthy manner. From here on out, responsibility for my apprenticeship as a feeder devolved to me alone. While credit for the good is claimed by both, accountability for the ills like rampant tree cutting does not devolve on either. Why is it always that responsibilities like this devolve on me? It was agreed at the meeting that control of access to the records was your function as Secretary to the Inquiry, but that ultimately the responsibility would devolve on the Treasury. 1.2devolve intoformal no object Degenerate or be split into. 〈正式〉衰落；分裂 the Empire devolved into separate warring states 帝国分裂成了几个相互交战的国家。 Example sentencesExamples Meanwhile, the glimpses we have of the Berlin above show a landscape out of The Triumph of Death, a city devolving into total anomie. The reason many critics see the world devolving into vulgar chaos is that they see a world filled with artifacts, nearly all of them disposable, that have no meaning to them. Williams chokes off every bit of his classic manic energy, which ends up channeling much meaning into every little bit of body language - while never devolving into obvious mannerisms. The reauthorization debate is the domestic policy opportunity of the near future, but it will be a lost opportunity if it devolves into an argument over whether this or that element of the 1996 changes succeeded. If the detectives are of differing abilities it devolves into a situation where one player is deciding the best move for everybody else. Her piece then devolves into a long remembrance of her history, that of a working class girl who became disillusioned with her chosen party because it ceased to care. One detailed concerns that the country is devolving into a ‘narco state’ with about 60 per cent of its income derived from opium. What started off as a nice satire of Big Science and weapons research devolves into an unpleasant story of corruption involving a large cast of unpleasant characters. In the meantime, the mainstream press is devolving into a combination of conventional entertainment and political theater, all of it remote from the reality that most Americans know. The result is that thinking becomes so mechanical that it is best done by managers and machines; reason devolves into a technology of control wielded by the wealthy and powerful. This rant then devolves into a general pasting of popular music and is not especially coherent, but then, what do you want out of a one-eared, stuffed deer. The promise of the first hour devolves into a muddle supporting every possible theory of who wrote Shakespeare while side plots involving Anne Hathaway and Queen Elizabeth lead nowhere. The first half is pretty cool, as we meet the central character and see his peculiar behaviour, however in the second half it pretty much devolves into a boring conventional thriller with nothing especially interesting to say. Bruce stews with indignity (and Nelson has one unforgettable meltdown), but at times in Act 2 the endeavor seemed in danger of devolving into a shouting contest. Unfortunately, that intensity's exactly what's lacking in Yellowknife, a stylish road movie whose early promise devolves into a hash of bad sex and worse plotting. And everything is devolving into a kind of chaos. What starts off as an interesting premise quickly devolves into a melodrama that cannot be sustained by a cast of actors who look like they would rather be somewhere else. Worse, fullbacks have devolved into one-dimensional blockers who may only see action on one-fifth of a team's snaps - and they're lucky to touch the ball at all. To prevent Burnt Sugar's music from devolving into self-indulgent jam band territory, early in the group's development Tate began using conduction, a system of baton gestures devised by Butch Morris. Shielding programs from Congressional oversight allows for small programs to devolve into gigantic, often bizarre, schemes that would never pass muster with Congress. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘roll down’): from Latin devolvere, from de- ‘down’ + volvere ‘to roll’.
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