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

• When my boss is away, his work devolves on me.
  经理不在时，他的工作归我负责。
• With mature of national legislation system, the central devolves local legislative power and allows the local authorities to make local legislation to comply with the legislation conditions.
  伴随着国家立法体制的成熟，中央将立法权下放地方，允许符合立法条件的地方制定地立法条例进行地方立法。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yet leadership now devolves very directly on President Barack Obama to do two things much of Washington will resist.
  但是，美国总统巴拉克奥巴马（barackobama）现在应该毫不含糊地发挥领导作用，完成两项华盛顿很多人将会抵制的任务。
• 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。
• Upon a presiding bishopric of three devolves the duty of receiving and disbursing the revenues of the Church, and otherwise managing its business, under the general direction of the first presidency.
  经主教主持的三个责任落在接收和支付收入的教会，否则其业务管理下，总的方向的第一任主席。
• 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。