development

development, evolution

名词 development:

1. act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
2. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
   同义词：evolution
3. a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
4. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
   同义词：exploitation
5. a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
6. a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
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
   同义词：growth, growing, maturation, ontogeny, ontogenesis
8. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
   同义词：developing
9. (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

1. The town has been designated a development area.
   该城市已被定为开发区。
2. The economic sanctions could not prevent the development of that country.
   经济制裁不能阻碍那个国家的发展。
3. Inadequate food can stunt a child's development.
   食物不足能影响儿童的发育。
4. The main impediment to development is the country's large population.
   发展的主要障碍是这个国家人口太多。
5. There will be an exhibition of the development of automobile industry in our country next week.
   下星期将举办一个关于我国汽车工业发展的展览。
6. This is an important stage in our country's development.
   这是我国发展的重要阶段。
7. This new rose is a development from a very old kind of rose.
   这种玫瑰新品种是从一种很早的玫瑰品种进化而来的。

de.vel.op.ment

n.（名词）
The act of developing.
发展，开发：发展着的行为
The state of being developed.
被发展的状态
A significant event, occurrence, or change.
新生事物：重大的事件或变化
A group of dwellings built by the same contractor.
开发区，新社区：由同一个营造商修建的房屋群落
Determination of the best techniques for applying a new device or process to production of goods or services.
开发新技术：决定用最好的技术将新设备或新工序用于商品生产或服务
Music
【音乐】
Elaboration of a theme with rhythmic and harmonic variations.
改良润色：用有节奏的、合谐的变化使旋律更为华美精致
The part of a movement in sonata form in which the theme is elaborated and explored.
华彩乐章：奏鸣曲中旋律华美的乐章部分

【引伸】
devel.opmen.tal
devel.opmen.tally
adv.（副词）
<参考词汇><同义词>development,evolution,progressThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .a progression from a simpler or lower to a more advanced, mature, or complex form or stage.:
这些名词共有的中心意思是：.从简单或低级到更高级、成熟或复杂的形式或阶段的进步.：
例句：
the development of an aptitude into an accomplishment;
从天赋到成就的发展；

例句：
the evolution of a plant from a seed;
从种子开始的植物的进化；

例句：
attempts made to foster social progress.
促进社会进步的尝试