English Dictionary

devolution

IPA（発音記号）

/diːvəˈluːʃən/

名詞

軽蔑的

A rolling down. / A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession / The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.

日本語の意味

下方向への転がりまたは下降（物理的な動きとしての下り） / 一連の回転または連続した段階を経て起こる下降、衰退としての転落 / 権利や権力などが後継者や別の組織に移譲されること

The sudden devolution of the boulder down the hillside surprised the hikers.

丘の斜面を転がり落ちた巨岩の突然の転がりにハイカーたちは驚いた。

意味（1）

A rolling down.

意味（2）

A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession

意味（3）

The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.

意味（4）

(derogatory) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).

He is the place where the devolution from Heaven and the evolution from earth meet.

意味（5）

(government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).

The question of whether England should receive devolution like Scotland and Wales have has dogged British politics for years.

devolutions （ plural ）