development

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• n. 发展；开发；发育；住宅小区（专指由同一开发商开发的）；[摄] 显影

1. 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"

2. 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"

3. a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation;

"recent developments in Iraq"

"what a revolting development!"

4. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful;

"the development of Alaskan resources"

"the exploitation of copper deposits"

5. a district that has been developed to serve some purpose;

"such land is practical for small park developments"

6. a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess);

"after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter"

"in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen"

7. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level;

"he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

8. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible;

"the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"