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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Devolution \Dev`o*lu"tion\, n. [LL. devolutio: cf. F.
   d['e]volution.]
   1. The act of rolling down. [R.]

            The devolution of earth down upon the valleys.
                                                  --Woodward.

   2. Transference from one person to another; a passing or
      devolving upon a successor.

            The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel
            known and conformable to old constitutional
            requisitions.                         --De Quincey.

资料来源 : WordNet®

devolution
     n 1: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of
          effective power or vitality or essential quality [syn: {degeneration}]
          [ant: {development}]
     2: the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a
        regional government) [syn: {devolvement}]