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"
