释义 |
developments noun, plural—Examples:side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc)—meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere—every day sees new developments [idiom.]—every day sees new developments—abreast of modern developments—Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD—It takes ten years nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.—one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom); small beginnings show how things will develop—meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development—how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself)—cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development—imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)—lit. branch segment (where new branches should develop)—in the fullness of time a major figure will develop ina pillar of the state—place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured be a stage in the development of Chinese characters—Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution)—fig. develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc)—borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively—PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003—nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc)—the foundation of PRC economic development after the cultural revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese communist party control—spread your wings and soar (idiom); develop one's abilities freely—the embryonic development of grain while still on the stem—Center for Global Development (an environmental think tank)—develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change—all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development)—Jiansanjiang, large-scale agricultural development in Sanjiang river plain in Heilongjiang—age when girls start develop feelings for the opposite sex—constitutional development n—yolk sac (ectodermal cells attaching fetus uterus before the development of the placenta)—Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity—sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter [idiom.]— |