develop

vt. 发展, 使发达, 进步, 洗印, 显影
vi. 发展, 生长
【医】 发育, 显影, 显像, 显层(色谱法)

动词过去式:developed 过去分词:developed 现在分词:developing 第三人称单数:develops 形容词:developable 

de.vel.op

v.（动词）
de.vel.oped,de.vel.op.ing,de.vel.ops
v.tr.（及物动词）
To bring from latency to or toward fulfillment:
开发：把潜在的因素引向完善：
例句：
an instructor who develops the capabilities of each student.
激发每个学生潜能的导师



To expand or enlarge:
扩展，使变大：
例句：
developed a national corporation into a worldwide business.
把国内企业扩展成世界性的企业

To aid in the growth of; strengthen:
强化，加强：帮助成长；加强：
例句：
exercises that develop muscles.
运动促进肌肉生长

To improve the quality of; refine:
改良，增进：提高质量；精炼：
例句：
develops his recipes to perfection; an extra year of study to develop virtuosic technique.
改良烹调变得更完善；多学一年以便进一步提高鉴赏能力



To cause to become more complex or intricate; add detail and fullness to; elaborate:
使复杂：使变得更加复杂；增加细节；使变得复杂：
例句：
began with a good premise but developed it without imagination.
由一个好的前提开始，却由于毫无想象力而将其变得越来越复杂

Music To elaborate (a theme) with rhythmic and harmonic variations.
【音乐】 使主题音乐繁复变调：用有节奏的和谐的变化使（弦律）更加精妙


To bring into being gradually:
逐渐形成：
例句：
develop a new cottage industry.
逐渐形成新的家庭手工业

To set forth or clarify by degrees:
逐步提出，逐步阐明：
例句：
developed her thesis in a series of articles.
用一系列文章逐渐阐明她的论文



To come to have gradually; acquire:
逐渐拥有；获得：
例句：
develop a taste for opera; develop a friendship.
培养对歌剧的鉴赏力；发展友谊

To become affected with; contract:
感染；受…传染：
例句：
developed a rash; developed agoraphobia.
传染上了皮疹；传染上旷野恐惧症

To cause gradually to acquire a specific role, function, or form, as:
逐渐获得：使逐渐获得某一特定的地位、功能或形式，例如：
To influence the behavior of toward a specific end:
影响：朝着某一特定目标的影响行为：
例句：
an investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.
调查员利用恭维和恐吓来影响证人

To cause (a tract of land) to serve a particular purpose:
开发利用土地：使（一块土地）为特定的目的服务：
例句：
developed the site as a community of condominiums.
将这个地方建设成一个共同管辖的社区

To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need:
使有用：为满足某个特定的目的或需要而使…有用，使…有效：
例句：
develop the state`s water resources to serve a growing population.
发展该州的水资源以满足不断增长的人口的需求

To convert or transform:
转换，转变：
例句：
developed the play into a movie.
把戏剧改编成电影

Games To move (a chess piece) to or toward a more strategic position.
【游戏】 将棋子移自有利位置：朝某个更具战略性的位置移动（棋子）


To process (a photosensitive material), especially with chemicals, in order to render a recorded image visible.
洗相：为了使记录的图象可见，可处理（光敏物质），尤指用化学物质处理
To render (an image) visible by this means.
使显影：通过洗相使（图象）可见
v.intr.（不及物动词）


To grow by degrees into a more advanced or mature state:
发展成熟：按阶段向更高级或更成熟的状态生长：
例句：
With hard work, she developed into a great writer.See Synonyms at mature
经过艰苦地工作，她成为一位伟大的作家参见 mature

To increase or expand.
增长，扩展
To improve; advance:
提高；发展：
例句：
Their skill developed until it rivaled their teacher`s.
他们的技艺不断增长，最后，可以与他们的师傅相匹敌了

To come gradually into existence or activity:
逐渐形成：逐渐出现，逐渐被激发：
例句：
Tension developed between students and faculty.
学生和教职员工之间关系逐渐紧张起来

To come gradually to light; be disclosed:
暴露：逐渐显示出来；被揭露：
例句：
reports the news as it develops.
跟踪报道新闻

Biology
【生物学】
To progress from earlier to later stages of a life cycle:
进化：从生命周期的早期阶段发展到后期阶段：
例句：
Caterpillars develop into butterflies.
毛虫进化成蝴蝶

To progress from earlier to later or from simpler to more complex stages of evolution.
进化：从进化阶段的早期到末期或从简单到复杂的发展过程

来源：
French développer
法语 développer
from Old French desveloper
源自 古法语 desveloper
des- [dis-]
des- [前缀，表.不，没有.]
voloper [to wrap] [possibly of Celtic origin]
voloper [把…包起来] [可能源于塞尔特语]

【引伸】
devel.opable
adj.（形容词）