de.vel.op
v.(动词)
de.vel.oped,de.vel.op.ing,de.vel.ops
v.tr.(及物动词)
To bring from latency to or toward fulfillment:
开发:把潜在的因素引向完善:
例句:
an instructor who develops the capabilities of each student.
激发每个学生潜能的导师
To expand or enlarge:
扩展,使变大:
例句:
developed a national corporation into a worldwide business.
把国内企业扩展成世界性的企业
To aid in the growth of; strengthen:
强化,加强:帮助成长;加强:
例句:
exercises that develop muscles.
运动促进肌肉生长
To improve the quality of; refine:
改良,增进:提高质量;精炼:
例句:
develops his recipes to perfection; an extra year of study to develop virtuosic technique.
改良烹调变得更完善;多学一年以便进一步提高鉴赏能力
To cause to become more complex or intricate; add detail and fullness to; elaborate:
使复杂:使变得更加复杂;增加细节;使变得复杂:
例句:
began with a good premise but developed it without imagination.
由一个好的前提开始,却由于毫无想象力而将其变得越来越复杂
Music To elaborate (a theme) with rhythmic and harmonic variations.
【音乐】 使主题音乐繁复变调:用有节奏的和谐的变化使(弦律)更加精妙
To bring into being gradually:
逐渐形成:
例句:
develop a new cottage industry.
逐渐形成新的家庭手工业
To set forth or clarify by degrees:
逐步提出,逐步阐明:
例句:
developed her thesis in a series of articles.
用一系列文章逐渐阐明她的论文
To come to have gradually; acquire:
逐渐拥有;获得:
例句:
develop a taste for opera; develop a friendship.
培养对歌剧的鉴赏力;发展友谊
To become affected with; contract:
感染;受…传染:
例句:
developed a rash; developed agoraphobia.
传染上了皮疹;传染上旷野恐惧症
To cause gradually to acquire a specific role, function, or form, as:
逐渐获得:使逐渐获得某一特定的地位、功能或形式,例如:
To influence the behavior of toward a specific end:
影响:朝着某一特定目标的影响行为:
例句:
an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.
调查员利用恭维和恐吓来影响证人
To cause (a tract of land) to serve a particular purpose:
开发利用土地:使(一块土地)为特定的目的服务:
例句:
developed the site as a community of condominiums.
将这个地方建设成一个共同管辖的社区
To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need:
使有用:为满足某个特定的目的或需要而使…有用,使…有效:
例句:
develop the state`s water resources to serve a growing population.
发展该州的水资源以满足不断增长的人口的需求
To convert or transform:
转换,转变:
例句:
developed the play into a movie.
把戏剧改编成电影
Games To move (a chess piece) to or toward a more strategic position.
【游戏】 将棋子移自有利位置:朝某个更具战略性的位置移动(棋子)
To process (a photosensitive material), especially with chemicals, in order to render a recorded image visible.
洗相:为了使记录的图象可见,可处理(光敏物质),尤指用化学物质处理
To render (an image) visible by this means.
使显影:通过洗相使(图象)可见
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To grow by degrees into a more advanced or mature state:
发展成熟:按阶段向更高级或更成熟的状态生长:
例句:
With hard work, she developed into a great writer.See Synonyms at mature
经过艰苦地工作,她成为一位伟大的作家参见 mature
To increase or expand.
增长,扩展
To improve; advance:
提高;发展:
例句:
Their skill developed until it rivaled their teacher`s.
他们的技艺不断增长,最后,可以与他们的师傅相匹敌了
To come gradually into existence or activity:
逐渐形成:逐渐出现,逐渐被激发:
例句:
Tension developed between students and faculty.
学生和教职员工之间关系逐渐紧张起来
To come gradually to light; be disclosed:
暴露:逐渐显示出来;被揭露:
例句:
reports the news as it develops.
跟踪报道新闻
Biology
【生物学】
To progress from earlier to later stages of a life cycle:
进化:从生命周期的早期阶段发展到后期阶段:
例句:
Caterpillars develop into butterflies.
毛虫进化成蝴蝶
To progress from earlier to later or from simpler to more complex stages of evolution.
进化:从进化阶段的早期到末期或从简单到复杂的发展过程
来源:
French développer
法语 développer
from Old French desveloper
源自 古法语 desveloper
des- [dis-]
des- [前缀,表.不,没有.]
voloper [to wrap] [possibly of Celtic origin]
voloper [把…包起来] [可能源于塞尔特语]
【引伸】
devel.opable
adj.(形容词)