devolution
- IPA[ˌdiːvəˈl(j)uːʃn]
英式
- the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration;the legal transfer of property from one owner to another.
noun: devolution
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration demands for electoral reform and devolution the devolution of power to the regions
- ▪ the legal transfer of property from one owner to another.
- 2. formal descent to a lower or worse state the devolution of the gentlemanly ideal into a glorification of drunkenness
- ▪ evolutionary degeneration.
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- IPA[ˌdevəˈlo͞oSH(ə)n]
美式
- the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local ...
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