develop /dɪˈvɛləp/ CET4 TEM4 ( developing, developed, develops )

• 1. 

  V-I When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe. 发展

  例：

  It's hard to say at this stage how the market will develop.

  在现阶段很难说市场会如何发展。

  例：

  These clashes could develop into open warfare.

  这些冲突可能会发展成公开的战争。

• 2. 

  developed ADJ 发展的; 发育的

  例：

  Their bodies were well developed and super fit.

  他们的身体发育良好，极其健康。

• 3. 

  V-I If a problem or difficulty develops, it begins to occur. 产生

  例：

  The space agency says a problem has developed with an experiment aboard the space shuttle.

  航天局说在航天飞机上做的一项实验出了问题。

• 4. 

  V-I If you say that a country develops, you mean that it changes from being a poor agricultural country to being a rich industrial country. 发达

  例：

  All countries, it was predicted, would develop and develop fast.

  据预测，所有的国家都会发达起来，并且很迅速。

• 5. 

  → see also developed, developing

• 6. 

  V-T/V-I If you develop a business or industry, or if it develops, it becomes bigger and more successful. 扩展 [商业]

  例：

  An amateur hatmaker has won a scholarship to pursue her dreams of developing her own business.

  一位业余制帽匠赢得了一笔奖学金，来实现她扩展自己企业的梦想。

• 7. 

  developed ADJ 发达的

  例：

  ...the countries that have suffered the most from the absence of more developed financial systems.

  …因缺乏更发达的金融体系而受损最严重的国家。

• 8. 

  V-T To develop land or property means to make it more profitable, by building houses or factories or by improving the existing buildings. 开发 (房地产)

  例：

  Local entrepreneurs developed fashionable restaurants, bars and discotheques in the area.

  当地的企业家在这个地区开办了时尚的餐馆、酒吧和迪斯科舞厅。

• 9. 

  developed ADJ 已开发的

  例：

  Developed land was to grow from 5.3% to 6.9%.

  已开发的土地将从5.3%增长到6.9%。

• 10. 

  V-T If you develop a habit, reputation, or belief, you start to have it and it then becomes stronger or more noticeable. 获得; 形成

  例：

  Mr. Robinson has developed the reputation of a ruthless cost-cutter.

  鲁宾逊先生已经有了毫不留情的成本削减者的名声。

• 11. 

  V-T/V-I If you develop a skill, quality, or relationship, or if it develops, it becomes better or stronger. 增长; 增进

  例：

  Now you have a good opportunity to develop a greater understanding of each other.

  现在你们有了一个好机会来增进彼此的了解。

• 12. 

  developed ADJ 增长的; 增进的

  例：

  ...a highly developed instinct for self-preservation.

  …一种高度增长了的自卫本能。

• 13. 

  V-T If a piece of equipment develops a fault, it starts to have the fault. 发生

  例：

  The aircraft made an unscheduled landing at Logan after developing an electrical fault.

  飞机发生电气故障后，临时在洛根着陆。

• 14. 

  V-T If someone develops a new product, they design it and produce it. 开发 (产品)

  例：

  He claims that several countries have developed nuclear weapons secretly.

  他声称几个国家已经秘密开发了核武器。

• 15. 

  V-T/V-I If you develop an idea, theory, story, or theme, or if it develops, it gradually becomes more detailed, advanced, or complex. 展开

  例：

  I would like to thank them for allowing me to develop their original idea.

  我想感谢他们允许我展开他们最初的观点。

• 16. 

  V-T To develop photographs means to make negatives or prints from a photographic film. 冲洗

  例：

  ...after developing one roll of film.

  …冲洗了一卷胶卷后。