develop
英[d?'vel?p]
美[d?'v?l?p]
- vt. 開發；進步；使成長；使顯影
- vi. 發育；生長；進化；顯露
英英釋意
- 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"