n.

1.[U]发展；发育；成长；壮大

2.[U,C]开发；研制；研制成果

3.[C]（新的）发展事态，进展情况，发展阶段

4.[C]新建住宅区；新开发区

5.[U]（尤指房地产的）开发

形容词：devel'opmen'tal

副　词：devel'opmen'tally

同反义词

同：

[n.] developing, evolution, exploitation, growing

反：

[n.] degeneration, devolution, nondevelopment

词义辨析

development，evolution

这两个名词都表示“发展”或“进化”之意。

development强调通过一系列自然过程或人工方法使某物潜在或隐藏的可能性显露出来，得以实现。

evolution侧重指事物由简到繁，由低级到高级的连续发展，强调变化或演变。

参考例句

The development of photographic films requires a dark-room.

冲洗照相底片需要暗室。

Development requires that we uphold and deepen the reform..

发展必须坚持和深化改革。

It's a process of gradual development.

这是一个逐渐发展的过程。

This obviously an inspiring development.

这显然是一个令人鼓舞的发展。

The pace of further development is slow.

进一步改进的步调是缓慢的。

常用短语

ribbon development

公路沿线的建筑

product development

产品发展，产品开发，产品研制

water development

水利开发

arrested development

发育不良

psychosexual development

心理性发展

international bank for reconstruction and development

【经】 国际复兴开发银行

international development association

【经】 国际开发协会

英英解释

名词解释：

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

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