柯林斯詞典devolve /d??v?lv/ (devolving,devolved,devolves) 1. V-T/V-I If you devolve power, authority, or responsibility to a less powerful person or group, or if it devolves upon them, it is transferred to them. (權(quán)力、責(zé)任) 下放 ...the need to decentralize and devolve power to regional governments. …把權(quán)力分散下放到地方政府的需要。 The best companies are those that devolve responsibility as far as they can. 最好的公司是那些盡可能把責(zé)任下放的公司。 返回 devolve劍橋詞典to (cause power or responsibility to) be given to other people 移交，轉(zhuǎn)移（權(quán)力或職責(zé)） To be a good manager , you must know how to devolve responsibility downwards . 要成為一名優(yōu)秀的經(jīng)理就必須懂得如何向下放權(quán)。 formal Those duties will necessarily devolve on/upon me. 那些任務(wù)必然會落到我的頭上。 短語動詞devolve sth to sb 返回 devolve