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单词 evolutionary
释义

evolutionary

/ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n(ə)ri / /ˌɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)n(ə)ri /
adjective
1Relating to or denoting the process by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth: Darwinian evolutionary theory chance enters into the evolutionary process in the form of naturally occurring random mutations...
  • With its genome sequenced in 2000, the fruit fly is now providing even greater opportunities for learning on topics ranging from insect host adaptation and evolutionary biology to human health and disease.
  • Evolutionary biology emerged in the nineteenth century.
  • As evolutionary theory became more widely accepted, natural scientists speculated that the cells of complex organisms might be the descendants of unicellular ancestors, retaining considerable autonomy.
2Relating to the gradual development of something: updating technology is an evolutionary process...
  • He offers an impressive specification of the role that disgust plays in Freud's evolutionary theory of repression.
  • We would have to consider the company's evolutionary history and its brushes with extinction.
  • These films are the result of an evolutionary process in cinema genres.
3Relating to a pattern of movements or manoeuvres: evolutionary tactics he was in command of the evolutionary squadron...
  • The twin threats posed by conventional and unconventional actors dictate a cautious and evolutionary approach to military procurement.
  • His term was interrupted by command of the evolutionary squadron in 1845.

Derivatives

evolutionarily

adverb ...
  • Humans are evolutionarily programmed to require prolonged mother-child bonding for their kids to thrive.
  • Migration is an evolutionarily adaptive response to selective pressures that are determined by when and where food is available.
  • It will focus on the use of competitive optimization in photosynthesis models to determine evolutionarily stable strategies.

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