develop: [17] The history of develop and its close relative envelop is hazy. English acquired it from développer, the modern French descendant of Old French desveloper. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix des- ‘un-’ and voloper ‘wrap’. But where did voloper come from? Some have proposed a hypothetical Celtic base *vol- ‘roll’, while others have pointed to similarities, formal and semantic, with Italian viluppo ‘bundle’ and viluppare ‘wrap’, which come from an assumed late Latin *faluppa ‘husk’. Beyond that, however, the trail has gone cold. => envelop
develop (v.)
1650s, "unroll, unfold," from French développer, replacing English disvelop (1590s, from Middle French desveloper), both from Old French desveloper "unwrap, unfurl, unveil; reveal the meaning of, explain," from des- "undo" + veloper "wrap up," which is of uncertain origin, possibly Celtic or Germanic. Modern figurative use is 18c. The photographic sense is from 1845; the real estate sense is from 1890.
双语例句
1. She won a grant to develop her own business.
她赢得了一笔拨款，用以扩展自己的企业。
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2. You have to develop your capabilities to the maximum.
你必须尽你所能。
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3. We have to develop a less amateurish approach to our organisa-tions.
我们必须使我们对待自己组织的态度变得较为专业。
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4. Banks had increased scope to develop new financial products.
银行已为开发新的金融产品留出了更大余地。
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5. The discipline of studying music can help children develop good work habits.
