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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：
