演变

• 拼音: yǎn biàn
• 汉字拆解: 演 = 氵(water) + 寅 (extend/spread outward — water flowing and spreading to reveal); 变 = 丝 (silk threads) + 攴 (strike/act — threads struck and transformed, changing form)

含义

To evolve; to develop and change over time; to undergo transformation. Describes a gradual, often significant, process of change in form, nature, or structure.

Used in historical, scientific, social, and linguistic contexts: 语言的演变 (the evolution of language), 制度演变 (institutional change), 演变趋势 (trend of evolution). Implies a gradual, cumulative process, distinguishing it from sudden change (突变) or simple change (变化).

例句

1. 汉字的书写形态在数千年的历史长河中经历了从甲骨文到篆书、隶书再到楷书的漫长演变过程，每一阶段都折射出特定历史时期的文化与社会变迁。
2. 国际贸易规则的演变与全球政治格局的深刻变化密切相关，每一次重大调整背后都蕴藏着大国之间复杂的利益博弈。
3. 学者们通过研究化石记录，系统还原了这一物种在过去数百万年间的演变轨迹，揭示了其适应环境变化的生理机制。

用法指南

语境: history, science, politics, linguistics, culture

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 全球气候的演变并非一个孤立的自然过程，而是与人类工业化进程、能源消耗模式以及土地利用方式的深层变化紧密相连，不可割裂来看。(The evolution of the global climate is not an isolated natural process but is intimately connected to the underlying changes in humanity's industrialisation, energy consumption patterns, and land-use practices — they cannot be viewed in isolation.)
• 现代民主制度的演变经历了数百年的曲折历程，其间既有革命性的突破，也有保守力量的反复阻挠，最终形成了当今各国形态各异的政治体制格局。(The evolution of modern democratic systems passed through hundreds of years of a tortuous process, with revolutionary breakthroughs alternating with repeated obstruction from conservative forces, ultimately giving rise to today's diverse landscape of political systems across different nations.)

错误说法

• 他演变了 — 演变 is used for gradual, systemic change in systems, institutions, species, or ideas, not for personal behavioural change; say 他改变了 or 他发生了很大的变化 for personal change

起源与历史

演 (to perform/develop — 氵water + 寅 to spread/extend, flowing and unfolding) + 变 (to change — 丝 silk threads + 攴 to strike, transforming through action)

文化背景

时代: Classical/Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Educated/Professional