Evolve



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使逐渐形成, 进化
• ［英］ v. 使逐渐形成, 进化 ( cause to develop naturally and gradually)
• ［记］ e ( 出) +volve ( 卷, 转) -> 转出来 -> 发展, 进化
• ［同］ 派生词: evolution ( n. 进化, 进化论)

Webster Collegiate

verb (evolved; evolving)

• Etymology: Latin evolvere to unroll, from e- + volvere to roll — more at voluble
• Date: 1775
• transitive verb
  • 1. emit
  • 2.
    • a. derive, educe
    • b. to produce by natural evolutionary processes
    • c. develop, work out <evolve social, political, and literary philosophies — L. W. Doob>
• intransitive verb
  • to undergo evolutionary change
• ? evolvable adjective
• ? evolvement noun

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