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.
公司決定將更多的決策權下放給員工。
R
To get worse or lose quality over time.
The quality of the product started to devolve after the change in management.
管理層變動後，產品質量開始下降。
R
In biology, to become simpler over time through evolution.
Some scientists believe that certain organisms have devolved to a simpler form.
一些科學家認為某些生物已經退化到更簡單的形態。
translation
下放, 退化, 簡化
詞形變化
3rd Present
devolves
Past
devolved
Perfect
devolved
Progressive
devolving