evolution

development, evolution

名词 evolution:

1. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
   同义词：development
2. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
   同义词：organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis

1. Our watchword is: Evolution, not revolution'.
   我们的口号是: ｀要循序渐进，不要剧烈变革.＇
2. Our political institutions are in continuous evolution.
   我们的政治制度正在不断发展中。
3. Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace discovered evolution independently.
   查尔斯·达尔文和阿尔弗雷德· 罗素·华莱士各自独立地发现了进化论。
4. In politics Britain has preferred evolution to revolution.
   在政治上，英国喜欢渐进而不喜欢革命。
5. Do you know about the evolution of a seed into a plant?
   你知道从种子发展成为植物的过程吗？

ev.o.lu.tion

n.（名词）
A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form.See Synonyms at development
演变，演化，展开：一事物演变成另一种更复杂、更好状态事物的逐渐转变过程参见 development

The process of developing.
发展，展开：发展的过程
Gradual development.
渐次发展：逐渐的发展
Biology
【生物学】
The theory that groups of organisms change with passage of time, mainly as a result of natural selection, so that descendants differ morphologically and physiologically from their ancestors.
进化论：主要由于自然选择的结果，生物体群经历了阶段性的变化，使后代在形态和生理上都与它们的祖先有所不同的理论
The historical development of a related group of organisms; phylogeny.
系统发生论：相关生物体群历史的发展；生物体群发展史
A movement that is part of a set of ordered movements.
进化：一套有顺序的动作中的一部分
Mathematics The extraction of a root of a quantity.
【数学】 开方，求一个数的方根

来源：
Latin ôvolôtiô ôvolôtiôn-
拉丁语 ôvolôtiô ôvolôtiôn-
from ôvolôtus [past participle of] ôvolvere [to unroll] * see evolve
源自 ôvolôtus [] ôvolvere的过去分词 [铺开，展开] *参见 evolve

【引伸】
ev.olu.tional 或
ev.olu.tionar.y
ev.olu.tionar.ily
adv.（副词）