1. | [i][t] （使）成长，发展，壮大to gradually grow or become bigger, more advanced, stronger, etc.; to make sth do this |
The child is developing normally. 这孩子发育正常。 | |
The place has rapidly developed from a small fishing community into a thriving tourist resort. 这地方由原来的小渔村迅速发展成一个繁荣的旅游胜地。 | |
She developed the company from nothing. 她白手起家创办了这家公司。 |
2. | [t] ~ sth 开发；研制to think of or produce a new idea, product, etc. and make it successful |
The company develops and markets new software. 这家公司开发并销售新软件。 |
3. | [i][t] ~ (sth) 患（病）；出现（问题）；（疾病）开始侵袭；（问题）开始影响to begin to have sth such as a disease or a problem; to start to affect sb/sth |
Her son developed asthma when he was two. 她的儿子两岁时患了哮喘。 | |
The car developed engine trouble and we had to stop. 汽车发动机出了故障，我们只好停下来。 |
4. | [i] （尤指开始向坏的方面）发展，变化to start to happen or change, especially in a bad way |
A crisis was rapidly developing in the Gulf. 海湾危机迅速加剧。 | |
We need more time to see how things develop before we take action. 我们采取行动之前需要有更多时间观察情况的发展。 |
5. | [t][i] ~ (sth) 加强；增强；发挥to start to have a skill, ability, quality, etc. that becomes better and stronger; to become better and stronger |
He's developed a real flair for management. 他在管理方面已经变得很有一套。 | |
Their relationship has developed over a number of years. 多年来他们的情谊日益深厚。 |
6. | [t] ~ sth 修建；开发to build new houses, factories, etc. on an area of land, especially land that was not being used effectively before |
The site is being developed by a French company. 这块地正由一家法国公司开发利用。 |
7. | [t] ~ sth 详尽阐述；阐明to make an idea, a story, etc. clearer by explaining it further |
She develops the theme more fully in her later books. 她在后来写的书中更详尽地阐明了这个主题。 |
8. | [t] ~ sth 使（胶卷）显影；显像；冲洗（胶片）to treat film which has been used to take photographs with chemicals so that the pictures can be seen |
I had the film developed yesterday. 我昨天把胶卷拿去冲印了。 |
