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develop

英 [dɪ'veləp] 美[dɪ'vɛləp]
  • vt. 开发;进步;使成长;使显影
  • vi. 发育;生长;进化;显露

英英释意


1. make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation;
"Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"
"They developed a new technique"
2. work out;
"We have developed a new theory of evolution"
3. gain through experience;
"I acquired a strong aversion to television"
"Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"
"Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"
"develop a passion for painting"
4. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);
"He grew a beard"
"The patient developed abdominal pains"
"I got funny spots all over my body"
"Well-developed breasts"
5. come into existence; take on form or shape;
"A new religious movement originated in that country"
"a love that sprang up from friendship"
"the idea for the book grew out of a short story"
"An interesting phenomenon uprose"
6. change the use of and make available or usable;
"develop land"
"The country developed its natural resources"
"The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"
7. elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses;
"Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
8. create by training and teaching;
"The old master is training world-class violinists"
"we develop the leaders for the future"
9. be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest;
"The plot developed slowly";
10. grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment;
"A flower developed on the branch"
"The country developed into a mighty superpower"
"The embryo develops into a fetus"
"This situation has developed over a long time"
11. become technologically advanced;
"Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"
"Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
12. cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development;
"The perfect climate here develops the grain"
"He developed a new kind of apple"
13. generate gradually;
"We must develop more potential customers"
"develop a market for the new mobile phone"
14. grow emotionally or mature;
"The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"
"When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
15. make visible by means of chemical solutions;
"Please develop this roll of film for me"
16. superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
17. move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions;
"Spassky developed quickly"
18. move into a strategically more advantageous position;
"develop the rook"
19. elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme;
"develop the melody and change the key"
20. happen;
"Report the news as it develops"
"These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
21. expand in the form of a series;
"Develop the function in the following form"