devolve
🇺🇸
/dɪˈvɑːlv/
🇬🇧
/dɪˈvɒlv/
verb
R
To give control or tasks to someone else or a lower level.
The company decided to devolve more decision-making to its employees.
公司决定将更多的决策权下放给员工。
R
To get worse or lose quality over time.
The quality of the product started to devolve after the change in management.
管理层变动后，产品质量开始下降。
R
In biology, to become simpler over time through evolution.
Some scientists believe that certain organisms have devolved to a simpler form.
一些科学家认为某些生物已经退化到更简单的形态。
translation
下放, 退化, 简化
词形变化
3rd Present
devolves
Past
devolved
Perfect
devolved
Progressive
devolving