evolutionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ev·o·lu·tion·a·ry /ˌiːvəˈluːʃənəri◂, ˌevə- $ ˌevəˈluːʃəneri◂/ ●○○ AWL adjective 1 HBrelating to the way in which plants and animals develop and change gradually over a long period of time 进化的 the evolutionary development of birds 鸟类的进化过程 Some scientists have rejected evolutionary theory. 有些科学家拒绝接受进化论。2 CHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHERrelating to the way in which ideas or situations gradually change and develop over a long period of time 演变的，逐步发展的 He is in favour of gradual, evolutionary social change. 他支持渐进的社会变革。Examples from the Corpus
evolutionary• In fact, without evolutionary and learning pressures, the society of mind in a brain would turn into a bureaucracy.• evolutionary biology• It follows from all this that natural selection can not be the sole explanation of evolutionary change.• He thinks they have reached an evolutionary dead end.• The sequence adjacent to the insertion site is very well conserved over large evolutionary distances such as between fungi, algae and bacteria.• The evolutionary history of Figure 4 is a reconstruction.• Spontaneous social orders, by contrast, are evolutionary in nature and are not the product of rational design.• The one exception to this evolutionary process will be in new plants or divisions-the so-called greenfield sites.• an evolutionary process• He also uses the idea of mankind as food to emphasise the evolutionary truth of man as one more source of protein.ev·o·lu·tion·a·ry adjectiveChineseSyllable
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evolutionary
ev‧o‧lu‧tion‧a‧ry AC /ˌiːvəˈluːʃənəri◂, ˌevə- $ ˌevəˈluːʃəneri◂/
adjective1. relating to the way in which plants and animals develop and change gradually over a long period of time:
the evolutionary development of birds
Some scientists have rejected evolutionary theory.
2. relating to the way in which ideas or situations gradually change and develop over a long period of time:
He is in favour of gradual, evolutionary social change.
ev‧o‧lu‧tion‧a‧ry AC /ˌiːvəˈluːʃənəri◂, ˌevə- $ ˌevəˈluːʃəneri◂/
adjective1. relating to the way in which plants and animals develop and change gradually over a long period of time: 2. relating to the way in which ideas or situations gradually change and develop over a long period of time: