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development

英[dɪ'veləpm(ə)nt] 美[dɪ'vɛləpmənt]
  • n. 发展;开发;发育;住宅小区(专指由同一开发商开发的);[摄] 显影

英英释意


1. act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining;
"he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"
"they funded research and development"
2. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage);
"the development of his ideas took many years"
"the evolution of Greek civilization"
"the slow development of her skill as a writer"
3. a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation;
"recent developments in Iraq"
"what a revolting development!"
4. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful;
"the development of Alaskan resources"
"the exploitation of copper deposits"
5. a district that has been developed to serve some purpose;
"such land is practical for small park developments"
6. a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess);
"after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter"
"in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen"
7. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level;
"he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
8. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible;
"the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"