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词汇积累 | 外刊小词:devolve

• 2021 年 05 月 30 日 • 翻译·译事随笔

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devolve

v.(使)(权力、职责等)下放;(使) 移交[/scode]

音标:/dɪ'vɒlv/

英英释义:

If you devolve power, authority, or responsibility to a less powerful person or group, or if it devolves upon them, it is transferred to them.

例句:

①We have made a conscious effort to devolve responsibility.

我们已有意识地下放职责。

A large portion of this cost devolves upon the patient.

这笔费用的很大一部分落在病人身上。

《新闻周刊》一篇题为 Arab Spring Reckoning 也出现了这个表达:

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come by

弄到;得到[/scode]

英英释义:

To come by something means to obtain it or find it.

例句:

①How did you come bythat cheque?

你是怎么弄到那张支票的?

②In rural France, English language magazines are rather hard to come by .

在法国乡村,很难找到英语杂志。

这个短语我之前有在一道专四选择题看到,考到了该用法,大家可以留意一下~

Romain Gary的小说 Promise at dawn 也出现了这个表达:

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