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devolution

/dev-uh-loo-shuhn or, especially British, dee-vuh-/US // ˌdɛv əˈlu ʃən or, especially British, ˈdi və- //UK // (ˌdiːvəˈluːʃən) //

转移,转让,转化,移交

Related Words

deterioration恶化,变质,衰退,衰败relapse复发,复发情况,復发,复发问题backsliding倒退,倒退的人,倒退的情况,退退退退drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退recession衰退期,衰退,不景气,经济衰退failure失败,故障,失败者,失效fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒downturn不景气,衰退,衰退期,跌势weakening弱化,削弱,减弱,衰弱化breakdown崩溃,细分,分项,分解undoing撤消,撤销,解除,撤销权collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷debacle溃败,灾难性事件,残局,灾难overthrow推翻,推翻了,推倒,打倒destruction毁灭,销毁,破坏,毁坏decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降descent血统,后裔,下降,裔decadence颓废,颓势,颓废主义,颓废之风retrogression倒退,退步,逆行,倒退的情况

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
    • : the passing on to a successor of an unexercised right.
    • : Law. the passing of property from one to another, as by hereditary succession.
    • : Biology. degeneration.
    • : the transfer of power or authority from a central government to a local government.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indegeneracy
Synonyms
atrophy萎缩,萎萎缩,萎缩不全,萎缩的debasement贬低,贬损,堕落,贬值declination偏角,倾角,偏角仪,偏转角decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌depravation堕落,恶化,堕落的,严重性downfall垮台,衰落,堕落,沦落downgrade降级,降格,下调,下降
as indelegation
Synonyms
atrophy萎缩,萎萎缩,萎缩不全,萎缩的debasement贬低,贬损,堕落,贬值declination偏角,倾角,偏角仪,偏转角decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌depravation堕落,恶化,堕落的,严重性downfall垮台,衰落,堕落,沦落downgrade降级,降格,下调,下降
as indownfall
Synonyms
breakdown崩溃,细分,分项,分解collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷debacle溃败,灾难性事件,残局,灾难destruction毁灭,销毁,破坏,毁坏deterioration恶化,变质,衰退,衰败overthrow推翻,推翻了,推倒,打倒undoing撤消,撤销,解除,撤销权atrophy萎缩,萎萎缩,萎缩不全,萎缩的bane祸根,祸害,祸首,祸水东引cloudburst云涌,云爆,云雾缭绕,云雾comedown下来,下来了,回归,崩溃comeuppance报应,报复,报酬,复仇decadence颓废,颓势,颓废主义,颓废之风declension分级,降级,分层,分级法degeneracy退化,退化性,堕落,变质degeneration变性,退化,退变,退化性deluge洪水,大洪水,洪灾,洪水泛滥descent血统,后裔,下降,裔discomfiture窘迫感,窘迫,弊端,弊病down下来,下,下来的,下降drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴failure失败,故障,失败者,失效fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒flood淹没,水灾,洪水,泛滥成灾ruination毁灭,毁坏,废墟,破坏storm暴风雨,风暴,暴雨,暴风雪on the rocks在岩石上,岩石上的,岩石上,在岩石上的rack and ruin废墟,破败不堪,破败,废墟上road to ruin堕落之路,毁灭之路,灭亡之路,衰败之路the skids溜冰场,滑冰场,滑板车,溜须拍马
as inlapse
Synonyms
deterioration恶化,变质,衰退,衰败decadence颓废,颓势,颓废主义,颓废之风declension分级,降级,分层,分级法decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降degeneration变性,退化,退变,退化性descent血统,后裔,下降,裔drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒recession衰退期,衰退,不景气,经济衰退regression回归,回落,回退relapse复发,复发情况,復发,复发问题retrogression倒退,退步,逆行,倒退的情况retrogradation补课,补发,补修,补货
as inrecidivation
Synonyms
backslide倒退,倒退的情况下,倒退的情况,倒退的现象backsliding倒退,倒退的人,倒退的情况,退退退退decadence颓废,颓势,颓废主义,颓废之风declension分级,降级,分层,分级法decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降degeneration变性,退化,退变,退化性descent血统,后裔,下降,裔deterioration恶化,变质,衰退,衰败drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒recession衰退期,衰退,不景气,经济衰退recidivism累犯,惯犯,累犯问题,再犯regression回归,回落,回退relapse复发,复发情况,復发,复发问题retrogradation补课,补发,补修,补货retrogression倒退,退步,逆行,倒退的情况
as inrecidivism
Synonyms
backsliding倒退,倒退的人,倒退的情况,退退退退relapse复发,复发情况,復发,复发问题decadence颓废,颓势,颓废主义,颓废之风declension分级,降级,分层,分级法decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降degeneration变性,退化,退变,退化性descent血统,后裔,下降,裔deterioration恶化,变质,衰退,衰败drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒recession衰退期,衰退,不景气,经济衰退regression回归,回落,回退retrogression倒退,退步,逆行,倒退的情况backslide倒退,倒退的情况下,倒退的情况,倒退的现象recidivation累犯,再犯,重犯,累犯问题retrogradation补课,补发,补修,补货
as indecadence
Synonyms
corruption腐败,贪污,腐蚀,腐败问题debasement贬低,贬损,堕落,贬值decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减declension分级,降级,分层,分级法decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降degeneracy退化,退化性,堕落,变质degeneration变性,退化,退变,退化性degradation退化,降解,降级,降落dissipation耗散,耗损,耗费,消散dissolution解散,溶解,溶解度,溶解力downfall垮台,衰落,堕落,沦落downgrade降级,降格,下调,下降evil邪恶,邪恶的,恶魔,弊端excess过量,过度,过量的,过剩fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒gluttony贪吃,馋嘴,贪食,饕餮incontinence失禁,尿失禁,小便失禁,失禁症intemperance酗酒,荒淫无度,放浪形骸,放纵lasciviousness淫荡,淫乱,淫风,淫秽lechery淫乱,淫秽,淫秽物品,淫荡lewdness淫秽行为,淫乱行为,淫荡行为,淫荡licentiousness淫乱,淫荡,淫乱行为,淫乱性regression回归,回落,回退sensuality肉体,色相,性感,色情sybaritism合理化,合规性,合理化建议,合理化的
as indecline
Synonyms
corruption腐败,贪污,腐蚀,腐败问题debasement贬低,贬损,堕落,贬值decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减declension分级,降级,分层,分级法decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降degeneracy退化,退化性,堕落,变质degeneration变性,退化,退变,退化性degradation退化,降解,降级,降落dissipation耗散,耗损,耗费,消散dissolution解散,溶解,溶解度,溶解力downfall垮台,衰落,堕落,沦落downgrade降级,降格,下调,下降evil邪恶,邪恶的,恶魔,弊端excess过量,过度,过量的,过剩fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒gluttony贪吃,馋嘴,贪食,饕餮incontinence失禁,尿失禁,小便失禁,失禁症intemperance酗酒,荒淫无度,放浪形骸,放纵lasciviousness淫荡,淫乱,淫风,淫秽lechery淫乱,淫秽,淫秽物品,淫荡lewdness淫秽行为,淫乱行为,淫荡行为,淫荡licentiousness淫乱,淫荡,淫乱行为,淫乱性regression回归,回落,回退sensuality肉体,色相,性感,色情sybaritism合理化,合规性,合理化建议,合理化的

Examples

  • In addition to all kinds of juicy details, Tom provides a schema for how to understand the city’s evolution, or devolution, depending on your point of view.

  • The date never comes to pass, and it will take most of the six-episode series to trace her long devolution into the battered, traumatized creature who wakes up in jail less than a year later.

  • Cameron said no, reasoning that Scotland was likely to opt for greater devolution but would stop short of total independence.

  • Kristol et al may long for such a devolution, but polls suggest that the majority of Americans do not.

  • It is an old native element recast in Roman form, and well illustrates the Roman principle of local government by devolution.

  • This argument for the obligation of the Consuming Class is based upon the devolution of duties.

  • It was thus that the first of his wars for the extension of frontiers began, the War of Devolution.

  • The principle of local devolution is carried somewhat further in Madras than in other provinces.

  • It is only when a partition takes place that the devolution of the shares by inheritance has to be traced.

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