🇬🇧🇨🇳 evolve - 发展 : English Lesson

Meaning of "evolve" ("发展"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

To evolve means to slowly change and grow over time, step by step, so that you become more advanced or better. It can describe how animals, plants, or even ideas and games slowly change for a long time and turn into something new.

My drawing skills evolved from stick people to people who at least look like they have actual knees.

My lunchbox has evolved from carrying food to carrying mysterious mould from ancient times.

My plan to clean my room evolved into a plan to sit on the floor and read every old comic I found.

Dad’s dance moves are evolving from embarrassing chicken flaps to slightly less embarrassing robot arms.

I think my little cousin is evolving into a question machine that only says, "Why? Why? Why?"

The small caterpillar sat on a green leaf. Day by day it will evolve, slow and sure. Its body will evolve; its skin will evolve into a hard shell. Inside it will evolve until one morning it will evolve into a bright butterfly. The child smiled and cried with joy.

This word is at the B2 level, which means it’s used in more complex conversations and texts. It helps you discuss abstract ideas, express opinions clearly, and engage in discussions on a variety of topics, both personal and professional.

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