development, evolution

名詞 evolution:

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

1. Our watchword is: Evolution, not revolution'.
   我們的口號是: ｀要循序漸進(jìn)，不要劇烈變革.＇
2. Our political institutions are in continuous evolution.
   我們的政治制度正在不斷發(fā)展中。
3. Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace discovered evolution independently.
   查爾斯·達(dá)爾文和阿爾弗雷德· 羅素·華萊士各自獨(dú)立地發(fā)現(xiàn)了進(jìn)化論。
4. In politics Britain has preferred evolution to revolution.
   在政治上，英國喜歡漸進(jìn)而不喜歡革命。
5. Do you know about the evolution of a seed into a plant?
   你知道從種子發(fā)展成為植物的過程嗎？

ev.o.lu.tion

n.（名詞）
A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form.See Synonyms at development
演變，演化，展開：一事物演變成另一種更復(fù)雜、更好狀態(tài)事物的逐漸轉(zhuǎn)變過程參見 development

The process of developing.
發(fā)展，展開：發(fā)展的過程
Gradual development.
漸次發(fā)展：逐漸的發(fā)展
Biology
【生物學(xué)】
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.
進(jìn)化論：主要由于自然選擇的結(jié)果，生物體群經(jīng)歷了階段性的變化，使后代在形態(tài)和生理上都與它們的祖先有所不同的理論
The historical development of a related group of organisms; phylogeny.
系統(tǒng)發(fā)生論：相關(guān)生物體群歷史的發(fā)展；生物體群發(fā)展史
A movement that is part of a set of ordered movements.
進(jìn)化：一套有順序的動作中的一部分
Mathematics The extraction of a root of a quantity.
【數(shù)學(xué)】 開方，求一個數(shù)的方根

來源：
Latin ôvolôtiô ôvolôtiôn-
拉丁語 ôvolôtiô ôvolôtiôn-
from ôvolôtus [past participle of] ôvolvere [to unroll] * see evolve
源自 ôvolôtus [] ôvolvere的過去分詞 [鋪開，展開] *參見 evolve

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