先看一个例句:
A light-stimulated burst of net CO2 uptake immediately after the start of the light period was followed by a reduction of net CO2 uptake or net carbon dioxide evolution during several hours of the light period.
请问其中net carbon dioxide evolution是什么意思?evolution是“演变;进化;发展”吗?
这里的evolution是“(如热、气、蒸汽等的)释放或排出行为”(the act of throwing off, as heat, gas, vapour, etc)的意思。
这个意思很少见。