名词

1.不可数名词：发展；发育；成长；壮大

2.[U,C]开发；研制；研制成果

3.可数名词：（新的）发展事态，进展情况，发展阶段

4.可数名词：新建住宅区；新开发区

5.不可数名词：（尤指房地产的）开发

词形变化

形容词developmental

副词developmentally

单词分析

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。

英语解释

(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

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

a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

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

(music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining