develop[di5velEp] v.1.发展，成长：Plants develop from seeds. 植物从种子长大。2.培养，发扬：We must provide good materials for developing the students’ reading skills. 我们必须提供好的阅读材料来培养学生的阅读能力。3.开发：We must develop the natural resources of our country. 我们必须开发我们国家的自然资源。4.养成：He developed the habit of making notes. 他养成了做笔记的习惯。5.患(病)：Sure enough, most of the plants developed the disease. 果然大部分植物染上了这种病。6.冲洗(照片)：These photographs should be good when they’re developed. 这些相片冲好后一定很好。

【辨析】developing与developed：前者指“发展中的”，后者指“发达的”：The United States is a developed country while China is a developing one. 美国是一个发达国家，而中国是一个发展中国家。

development[di5velEpmEnt] n. [U,C]发展，进展，发达，发育：Trade helps the development of industry.贸易促进工业的发展。/ What is the latest development? 最近发展的情况怎么样？

devote[di5vEut] vt. 1.把…奉献(给)，致力于：They devoted a great deal of money to the improvement of the railway station. 他们花了一大笔钱来改善火车站的条件。2.把…专用于：This magazine is devoted to science. 这个杂志专门刊载科技文章。

【说明】在devote oneself to(献身于，致力于)，be devoted to(献身于，专用于)等结构中，to是介词，后接动词时要用动名词：She devoted herself to helping the poor. 她献身于帮助穷人。/ This dictionary is devoted to explaining word usage. 这本词典是解释词的用法的。

devotion[di5vEuFEn] n. [U]奉献，献身，热爱，专心：He works with greater devotion. 他工作更专心了。/ Her devotion to her mother was beyond words. 她对母亲的爱非言语所能形容。

diagram[5daiEgrAm] n. [C]图表，图样：I made a diagram to show how to get to my house. 我画了这张示意图，说明到我家怎么走。

dial[dail] v.拨(电话号码)：You have dialed the wrong number. 你拨错号了。/ To get the police, dial 110. 报警(请)拨110号。n. [C]刻度盘，拨号盘，键盘：a radio dial 收音机刻度盘

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