evolution /ˌɛvəˈluːʃən/ noun
evolution
/ˌɛvəˈluːʃən/
noun
Learner's definition of EVOLUTION
[noncount]
1 biology
a : a theory that the differences between modern plants and animals are because of changes that happened by a natural process over a very long time進化論 b : the process by which changes in plants and animals happen over time進化 2
: a process of slow change and development演變;發展;漸進
— evolutionary
/ˌɛvəˈluːʃəˌneri/ adjective
— evolutionist
/ˌɛvəˈluːʃənɪst/ noun, plural evolutionists [count]