英语词汇“devolve”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

devolvedevolve /dɪˈvɑlv/ verb formal

ETYMOLOGYdevolve

Origin: 1400-1500 Latin devolvere, from volvere to roll

VERB TABLE

devolve

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	devolve
	he, she, it	devolves
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	devolved
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have devolved
	he, she, it	has devolved
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had devolved
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will devolve
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have devolved

Continuous Form
Present	I	am devolving
	he, she, it	is devolving
	you, we, they	are devolving
Past	I, he, she, it	was devolving
	you, we, they	were devolving
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been devolving
	he, she, it	has been devolving
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been devolving
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be devolving
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been devolving

1[intransitive, transitive] if you devolve work, responsibility, power, etc. to a person or group at a lower level, or if it devolves to the person or group, it is given to the person or group: devolve something to somebody/something The federal government has devolved responsibility for welfare to the states.devolve on/upon Half of the cost of the study will devolve upon the firm.2[intransitive] if land, goods, etc. devolve to someone, it becomes his or her property when someone else dies