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单词 devolution
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devolution
noun[U]
uk
/ˌdiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/us
/ˌdiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/
themovingofpowerorresponsibilityfrom amainorganizationto alowerlevel, or from acentralgovernmentto alocalgovernment:
（上级组织向下级组织或中央政府向地方政府的）放权，权力下放，责任移交
Themajorityofpeoplein theprovinceare infavourof devolution.该省大部分人赞同权力下放。
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(Definition ofdevolutionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

devolution| Business English

devolution
noun[U]
POLITICS
uk
/ˌdiːvəˈluːʃən/us
themovementofpowerorresponsibilityfrom onepersonorgroupto another:
The Solomon Islands is aconstitutionalmonarchywithsubstantialdevolution ofpowertoprovincialgovernments.
(Definition ofdevolutionfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdevolution

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It demonstrates the monies available through thedevolutionof funding that can now be supplied to providers at a local level.
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Additional problems derive from the recentdevolutionof federal programs to the state and local levels.
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But there is no necessary reason why this should lead todevolutionof power in the 'pro-local' direction favoured by these authors.
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But before moving on to discuss thedevolutionof land to widows, it is helpful first to consider the alternatives.
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However, increased fuelwood availability is far from the only rationale fordevolutionof management of natural forests to local institutions.
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Some were of the opinion that to bring in new laws to implement suchdevolutionwas not enough.
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This involvesdevolutionof the rights to manage and control access to the resource from the state to the resource appropriators.
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This is a social power born of politicaldevolution, and it must have made oligarchy more acceptable.
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This has created fresh opportunities for nonstate actors and, moreover, the state itself has mutated with much functionaldevolutionpromoting the salience of lower-tier authorities.
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In many countries policies have been adopted to improve management, with almost a conventional wisdom advocatingdevolutionof natural resources to local groups resulting.
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In fact, much of the tenor of party policy emphasised local control, municipal independence and constitutionaldevolution.
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The last three chapters strain a little to echo thedevolutiontheme, although they do offer interesting ' one-off ' examples of service innovation.
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To suggest that the two social groups within the community had two distinctive and differing patterns of kinship and propertydevolutionrequires explanation.
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To identify the defining attributes, four enduring themes were examined : specialisation, budgetarydevolution, targeting and multi-disciplinary working.
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If this occurs, it is possible that budgetarydevolutionin care-management will become the norm rather than the exception.
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