不及物动词
1. （使）(权力、职责等)下放;（使） 移交
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.
1. grow worse
e.g. Her condition deteriorated
Conditions in the slums degenerated
The discussion devolved into a shouting match
Synonym: deterioratedropdegenerate
2. be inherited by
e.g. The estate fell to my sister
The land returned to the family
The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead
3. pass on or delegate to another
e.g. The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital