evolution
英 [,i?v?'lu??(?)n; 'ev-]
美[,iv?'lu??n]
英英釋意
- 1. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage);
- "the development of his ideas took many years"
- "the evolution of Greek civilization"
- "the slow development of her skill as a writer"
- 2. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms