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evaporation of [liquid]
用 of 说明蒸发的具体液体。
The evaporation of water is faster in warm weather.
温暖天气里水的蒸发更快。
蒸发
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
蒸发
the process of becoming a vapor
The evaporation of water is faster in warm weather.
温暖天气里水的蒸发更快。
液体转变为气态的过程。
The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
变成蒸气的过程
the process of becoming a vapor
使(容器中的)全部或部分液体转变为蒸气以增加混合物中固体物质浓度的过程。
The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
提取水分的过程
the process of extracting moisture
The evaporation of water from the lake is very fast in summer.
夏天，湖水的蒸发非常快。
The evaporation of the spilled water took several hours.
洒出的水的蒸发花了好几个小时。
Evaporation plays a key part in the water cycle.
蒸发在水循环中起着关键作用。
用 of 说明蒸发的具体液体。
The evaporation of water is faster in warm weather.
温暖天气里水的蒸发更快。
用 from 表示蒸发的来源表面。
Evaporation from the sea produces most of the world's rain.
海洋蒸发产生了世界上大部分的雨水。
cause/lead to 后接表示过程的动词性名词。
The heat caused rapid evaporation of the puddles.
高温导致水坑迅速蒸发。
Not this
The water is evaporation quickly.
Use this
The water is evaporating quickly.
evaporation 是名词，不能直接作谓语；在 be + 现在分词的进行时结构里应使用动词 evaporate，所以要用 evaporating。
Not this
An evaporation needs heat.
Use this
Evaporation needs heat.
表示“蒸发”这一抽象过程时，evaporation 是不可数名词，前面不能加不定冠词 an；汉语没有冠词，所以容易误加。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
水分蒸发
High temperatures speed up water evaporation from the soil.
高温加速土壤中的水分蒸发。
蒸发速率
The rate of evaporation increases with wind speed.
蒸发速率随风速增大而加快。
蒸发损失
The reservoir suffers significant evaporation loss in summer.
这个水库在夏季蒸发损失严重。
蒸发过程
Salt is left behind after the evaporation process.
蒸发过程之后留下了盐。
减少蒸发
Mulching helps reduce evaporation from the soil.
覆盖地膜有助于减少土壤水分蒸发。
Use evaporation naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：evaporation 中含有 vapor（水汽），水汽从水面跑掉即是蒸发。
语域：neutral 常见场景：科学/技术文章、日常口语 “evaporation”通常用于描述液体变为气体的过程，在科学、技术类话题中比较常见；日常口语中也可使用，语气偏中性，正式度适中。
这些词都以 -ation 结尾，重音部位的 /eɪʃən/ 发音与 evaporation 末尾相同。注意 evaporate /ɪˈvæpəreɪt/ 和 vapor /ˈveɪpɚ/ 拼写相近，但发音不同，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.