Develop

[dɪ'veləp] or [dɪ'vɛləp]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; 'The plot developed slowly';.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) move into a strategically more advantageous position; 'develop the rook'.

(verb.) move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; 'Spassky developed quickly'.

(verb.) superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.

(verb.) generate gradually; 'We must develop more potential customers'; 'develop a market for the new mobile phone'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) make visible by means of chemical solutions; 'Please develop this roll of film for me'.

(verb.) expand in the form of a series; 'Develop the function in the following form'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) 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'.

达伦編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power.

(v. t.) To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind.

(v. t.) To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of.

(v. t.) To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

(v. t.) To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view.

(v. i.) To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year.

(v. i.) To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.

海因里希錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Unfold, evolve, disclose, exhibit, unravel, disentangle, make known, lay open.[2]. Cause to grow, advance to maturity.

v. n. Unfold, open, grow, be developed.

校對:赛克

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Educe, enucleate, eliminate, enunciate, lay_open, disclose, unravel, unfold,clear, amplify, expand, enlarge

ANT:Envelope, wrap, obscure, mystify, conceal, narrow, restrict, contract,condense, compress, involve

艾伦校對

解釋/意思:

v.t. to unroll: to unfold: to lay open by degrees: to promote the growth of: (phot.) to make the latent picture visible by chemical applications.—v.i. to grow into: to open out: to evolve:—pr.p. devel′oping; pa.p. devel′oped.—n. Devel′opment a gradual unfolding: a gradual growth: evolution: (math.) the expression of a function in the form of a series.—adj. Development′al pertaining to development.—adv. Development′ally.—Doctrine of development the theory of the evolution of new species from lower forms.

克劳斯編輯