資料來源 : pyDict

轉移,傳下,委託被移交

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Devolve \De*volve"\, v. i.
   To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or
   down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or
   into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon
   (or on) the next officer in rank.

         His estate . . . devolved to Lord Somerville.
                                                  --Johnson.

Devolve \De*volve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devolved}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Devolving}.] [L. devolvere, devolutum, to roll down;
   de + volvere to roll down; de + volvere to roll. See
   {Voluble}.]
   1. To roll onward or downward; to pass on.

            Every headlong stream Devolves its winding waters to
            the main.                             --Akenside.

            Devolved his rounded periods.         --Tennyson.

   2. To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over;
      to hand down; -- generally with upon, sometimes with to or
      into.

            They devolved a considerable share of their power
            upon their favorite.                  --Burke.

            They devolved their whole authority into the hands
            of the council of sixty.              --Addison.

資料來源 : WordNet®

devolve
     v 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" [syn: {fall}, {return},
         {pass}]
     3: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the
        slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a
        shouting match" [syn: {deteriorate}, {drop}, {degenerate}]
        [ant: {recuperate}]