单词 | devolve |
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音标 | [di'vɔlv] |
解释 | v. (指工作、职务)移交给某人 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v.(指工作,职务)移交 给某人(passed to others power, work, or property) |
字源 | devolve (v.) early 15c., "to roll down," from Latin devolvere "to roll down," from de- (see de-) + volvere "to roll" (see volvox). Figurative sense of "to cause to pass down" is from 1520s. Related: Devolved; devolving. Also in same sense was devolute (1530s), from Latin devolutus, past participle of devolvere. |
不择手段背单词 | v. (将工作, 职务)移交(给他人) 【例】She devolved the duties of office upon me 她把办公室的工作委托给我了. 【记】involve(v 使参与)和本词是反义 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】involve 致力于, 潜心于(工作), devolve 是反意 |
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