/ˏєvә`luʃәn/ /ˏєvә`lɪuʃәn/ The act of unfolding or developing. 展开;发展。 The evolution of the plot of a story. 故事情节之发展。 The thing developed or evolved. 发展之事;进化之物。 Ordered movement, as of troops in marching. (常用复数)【夸】有秩序之行动(如军队之行进)。 A process in which something is set free, as a gas. 发出;放出(如气体)。 The process of extracting a root. 【数】开方。 The gradual development of higher forms of life from lower; also, the theory concerning this development. 【生物】演化;进化;进化论。 adj. evolutional. adj. evolutionary. n. evolutionist. n. evolutionism. |