Development
[dɪ'veləpm(ə)nt] or [dɪ'vɛləpmənt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated.
(noun.) a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; 'recent developments in Iraq'; 'what a revolting development!'.
(noun.) a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; 'such land is practical for small park developments'.
(noun.) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; 'the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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'.
編輯:帕特里克--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.
(n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.
(n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.
(n.) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed.
(n.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.
巴里整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Unfolding, disclosure, exhibition, unravelling, disentanglement.[2]. Growth, increase, progress to maturity.
編輯:尼特
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud
ANT:Cause, origin, source, principal
編輯:卡罗尔
例句/造句/用法:
- So old an art, and so great and continuous a need for its products necessarily must have resulted in much development and progress. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- You will let me know any fresh development, Miss Smith. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- In the story of this passion, too, the development varies: sometimes it is the glorious marriage, sometimes frustration and final parting. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- We can, however, see in a general manner that various causes might have interfered with the development of a long neck or proboscis. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- We have been at some pains in this history to make plain the development of these differences. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- We have applied this test to three general aims: Development according to nature, social efficiency, and culture or personal mental enrichment. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- There is no apparent relation between effects so dissimilar; yet the steps of progress can be distinctly traced, from the attraction of a feather to the development of the electric telegraph. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- But every subject at some phase of its development should possess, what is for the individual concerned with it, an aesthetic quality. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- We have given an epitome of the development of the submarine vessel up to the opening of the twentieth century. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- There is an activity in process; one is taken up with the development of a theme. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- He did not believe in spontaneous alterations, but found that every marked change in the quality of beer coincides with the development of micro-organism s. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- All must be brought to a certain level of political development; all must know why they are fighting, and its importance. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Even in 1847 few of these things had lost their novelty, most of them were in the earlier stages of development. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Don't the botanists put it highest in the line of development? 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- There is a conception of education which professes to be based upon the idea of development. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- As allied branches of the photographic art, photo-engraving, photo-lithographing, and half-tone engraving are important developments of the Nineteenth Century. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- We locked every door on the inside and awaited developments. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The Holly converter, covered by United States patents No. 86,303, and No. 86,304, January 26, 1869, represented one of the most important American developments of the Bessemer converter. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- It is interesting to note that Edison became greatly interested in the later developments by Marconi, and is an admiring friend and adviser of that well-known inventor. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It would not have been necessary for him to have been embalmed that length of time to have witnessed some great developments of his favorite science. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Typewriters for short hand characters, and for foreign languages, and for printing on record and blank books, are also among the modern developments of this art. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He is describing, with a certain subdued enthusiasm, the probable technical developments of military method in the next war. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I expect developments, Watson. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The letter, then, is from a certain foreign potentate who has been ruffled by some recent Colonial developments of this country. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The professor had been stricken dumb with surprise by the rapid developments of the past few minutes. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- At various points in the social system there were probably developments of exclusiveness, an actual barring out of interlopers. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- More recent developments in this art are shown in patents to Wetherill, No. 555,792, March 3, 1896, and Payne, No. 641,148, January 9, 1900. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Have there been any fresh developments? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The commercial use of electric heating is one of the more recent electrical developments. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- And there were considerable developments of seamanship and shipbuilding in progress. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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