核心畫面
A helpful picture: something that has already grown a long way, and the growth shows. Not the seed but the full tree — more complete, more capable, further along than others of its kind. `Developed` always looks backwards at a road already travelled.
可以想成一樣東西已經長了很長一段路，而且長出來的部分看得見：不是種子，是那棵長成的樹——更完整、更能用、比同類走得更…更多收起
可以想成一樣東西已經長了很長一段路，而且長出來的部分看得見：不是種子，是那棵長成的樹——更完整、更能用、比同類走得更前面。developed 這個字總是回頭看著一段已經走過的路。原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
developedadj/dɪˈvɛləpt/
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wealthy and industrialized; not third-world.
- Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
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Mature.
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Containing man-made structures such as roads, sewers, electric lines, buildings, and so on.
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Having useful or necessary infrastructure.
- Access to finance is deeper and wider under better institutions (more transparency, better property rights) in more developed financial markets, and in an environment less distorted by taxes, unnecessary regulations, and other avoidable costs.
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Advanced, fully formed.
- We shall, however, obtain a clearer view of the question if we consider the superstitions of those races which have a rudimentary religion, and endeavour to trace these ideas up into a more developed condition.
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artshobbieslifestyleProcessed and fixed; containing a visible negative (or positive for slide film) image
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。