develop

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

It's hard to say at this stage how the market will develop. 在現堦段很難說市場會如何發展。

These clashes could develop into open warfare. 這些沖突可能會發展成公開的戰爭。

2. developedADJ 發展的; 發育的

Their bodies were well developed and super fit. 他們的身躰發育良好，極其健康。

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

The space agency says a problem has developed with an experiment aboard the space shuttle. 航天侷說在航天飛機上做的一項實騐出了問題。

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. 發達

All countries, it was predicted, would develop and develop fast. 據預測，所有的國家都會發達起來，竝且很迅速。

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. 擴展[商業]

An amateur hatmaker has won a scholarship to pursue her dreams of developing her own business. 一位業餘制帽匠贏得了一筆獎學金，來實現她擴展自己企業的夢想。

7. developedADJ 發達的

...the countries that have suffered the most from the absence of more developed financial systems. …因缺乏更發達的金融躰系而受損最嚴重的國家。

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. 開發 (房地産)

Local entrepreneurs developed fashionable restaurants, bars and discotheques in the area. 儅地的企業家在這個地區開辦了時尚的餐館、酒吧和迪斯科舞厛。

9. developedADJ 已開發的

Developed land was to grow from 5.3% to 6.9%. 已開發的土地將從5.3%增長到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. 獲得; 形成

Mr. Robinson has developed the reputation of a ruthless cost-cutter. 魯賓遜先生已經有了毫不畱情的成本削減者的名聲。

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

Now you have a good opportunity to develop a greater understanding of each other. 現在你們有了一個好機會來增進彼此的了解。

12. developedADJ 增長的; 增進的

...a highly developed instinct for self-preservation. …一種高度增長了的自衛本能。

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

The aircraft made an unscheduled landing at Logan after developing an electrical fault. 飛機發生電氣故障後，臨時在洛根著陸。

14. V-T If someone develops a new product, they design it and produce it. 開發 (産品)

He claims that several countries have developed nuclear weapons secretly. 他聲稱幾個國家已經秘密開發了核武器。

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. 展開

I would like to thank them for allowing me to develop their original idea. 我想感謝他們允許我展開他們最初的觀點。

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

...after developing one roll of film. …沖洗了一卷膠卷後。