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development
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🇺🇸 /dɪvˈɛlʌpmʌnt/
🇬🇧 /dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt/
development主要表示“发展、展开的过程或结果”,也可指由此形成的项目,以及技术、艺术、科学等领域中的专门发展过程。
💡 记忆钩子
把development想成一团东西逐步“展开并长出来”:故事、生命和想法在发展,发展到某一步就成了新的进展;这种“长出来”也可以落地成住宅项目、产品开发,或在棋局、音乐、数学和摄影中把潜在内容展开出来。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“发展、进展”这条主线,再按语境扩展到“开发项目”和各专业领域的含义。
- 不要把development只理解成抽象的“发展”;看到新闻、房地产或产品语境时,要留意它也可能指具体的进展、建设项目或开发工作。
📖 中文释义
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core 发展;展开过程📖 指某事物逐步成长、变化或展开的过程,既可以是故事的发展,也可以是能力、局势或社会状况的变化。💡 常用“the development of + 名词”表示“……的发展”,也可用“the development of a story”表示故事情节逐步展开。此义通常不可数,不要在泛指发展时随意加复数;如果强调一个具体结果,应改用“development”表示“进展”。uncountableThe development of the story became more exciting after the first chapter.这部故事在第一章之后发展得更加精彩了。The city has seen rapid development in recent years.这座城市近年来经历了快速发展。
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common 生物的发育📖 指生物体或身体某一部分从早期状态逐渐长成成熟状态的过程,是“逐步长出来”在生物学中的具体用法。💡 常用“in development”或“the development of + 身体部位/生物体”来谈发育过程。这个意思多见于生物学、医学和科普语境,通常不可数;不要把它误解为一般的社会“发展”。uncountableGood nutrition is important for a child's development.良好的营养对孩子的发育很重要。
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core 进展;新情况📖 指已经发展出来、值得报告或注意的具体结果,尤其常指事情的新进展或局势的新变化。💡 新闻和日常报道中常用复数“developments”表示“最新进展”或“一系列新情况”。它是可数名词,前面可以用“a”表示一个具体进展;不要把这种具体结果和不可数的“发展过程”混为一谈。countableWe will share the latest developments as soon as we have more information.一有更多信息,我们就会公布最新进展。This is an unexpected development in the case.这是这起案件中一个意想不到的新情况。
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common 房地产开发项目📖 指已经规划或正在建设的一组商业或住宅建筑,也就是由开发形成的具体房地产项目。💡 常用“a residential/commercial development”表示住宅或商业开发项目,也可说“a new development”。这里是可数名词,通常需要冠词或其他限定词;不要只按“发展”来翻译房地产广告或新闻中的这个用法。countableA new housing development is being built near the station.车站附近正在建设一个新的住宅开发项目。
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common 房地产建设;开发📖 指建造住宅或商业项目这一行为本身,重点在“建设、开发的过程”,而不是建成后的项目。💡 常用“property development”或“the development of land”来表示房地产开发工作。这个意思通常不可数,谈活动或行业时不要加复数;若指建成的那组建筑,应使用可数的s4。uncountableThe company specializes in the development of office buildings.这家公司专门从事办公楼开发。
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common 产品开发;应用新想法📖 指把新的想法、知识或研究成果用于解决实际问题,最终做出产品或改进方案。💡 常用“product development”“new product development”或“development department”等搭配,通常不可数。它强调从想法到实际应用的过程,与侧重发现知识的研究工作不同;不要把它只理解成一般的个人成长。uncountableThe company invests heavily in the development of clean-energy technology.这家公司大力投资于清洁能源技术的开发。
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rare 棋子展开📖 在棋类中,指把棋子从起始位置积极摆到有用位置的过程,也就是让棋局逐步展开。💡 常见于棋类分析,通常用作不可数名词,常和“good”“fast”等词连用。它说的是棋子的布局和调动,不是棋局结果;日常英语中一般不会用这个专业义。uncountable
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rare 音乐主题的展开📖 在音乐或表演中,指把原有材料重新处理、变化并展开成新的段落。💡 常见于音乐评论或乐理说明,可作可数或不可数名词,具体取决于说的是一段展开还是这种处理过程。不要把它和泛指音乐作品的发展混同,它强调对既有材料的变形和重述。countable uncountable
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rare 奏鸣曲式的展开部📖 在奏鸣曲式中,指第二部分:原先的主题被重新呈现,并经过变化和发展。💡 这是乐理术语,常用“the development section”表示奏鸣曲式的展开部。它是一个特定结构名称,不要把所有歌曲或乐曲的中段都叫作这个词;一般学习者先掌握普通的“发展、进展”义即可。countable uncountable
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rare 函数展开📖 在数学中,指把一个函数写成级数形式,让原本的表达式以逐项展开的方式呈现。💡 常见于数学和科学文本,通常和“series”或具体的函数名称连用。这里不是一般意义上的发展,而是把数学表达式改写成级数;普通对话中很少使用。countable uncountable
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common 照片冲洗📖 在摄影中,指处理胶卷,使其中原本看不见的潜在影像显现出来;这仍然是把隐藏内容“展开出来”。💡 常用“film development”或“send film for development”,通常不可数;在这里不要把它理解成照片内容的发展。现代数码摄影中较少遇到这个义项,但在胶片摄影和冲印语境中仍然常见。countable uncountableI left the film at the shop for development.我把胶卷留在店里冲洗了。
developments
plural
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 9 组
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining;
同义词集:
development
he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency
they funded research and development
上位: improvement
下位: advancement, broadening, elaboration, progress, working out
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful;
同义词集:
exploitation
development
the development of Alaskan resources
the exploitation of copper deposits
上位: employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization
下位: capitalisation, capitalization, commercialisation, commercialization, electrification, overexploitation, overuse, overutilisation, overutilization
(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
同义词集:
development
上位: section, subdivision
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation;
同义词集:
development
recent developments in Iraq
what a revolting development!
上位: alteration, change, modification
下位: complication, phenomenon, ramification, turn, turn of events, twist
a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
同义词集:
development
such land is practical for small park developments
上位: district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory
processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
同义词集:
development
developing
the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours
上位: processing
a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); ;
同义词集:
development
evolution
the development of his ideas took many years
the evolution of Greek civilization
the slow development of her skill as a writer
反义: degeneration, devolution
上位: physical process, process
下位: deepening, flowering, growth, unfolding
(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
同义词集:
growth
growing
maturation
development
ontogeny
ontogenesis
he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
下位: anthesis, blossoming, cohesion, cultivation, culture, dentition, efflorescence, florescence, flowering, germination, habit, inflorescence, odontiasis, proliferation, rooting, sprouting, suppression, teething, vegetation
a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess);
同义词集:
development
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
上位: improvement, melioration
🌳 词源
源自法语,原义与“展开”有关;英语中后来按develop加后缀的形式来理解。
From French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”). By surface analysis, develop + -ment. First attested in 1756.
🔄 变式
developments
plural
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