英语中的develop和汉语中的“发展”都是使用频率很高的词汇，无论在英文书报杂志或我国的大学英语教材中都屡见不鲜。因为熟悉，在翻译中常将两词对译。将develop一词译成“发展”是不准确的，这两个词在语义上能够对应起来的情况是很少的。本文通过develop的大量译例，讨论如何根据语言环境和搭配关系选择词义的问题。
论文关键词：词义,语言环境,搭配关系
一、develop用于描述事物从无到有的过程，这时，不仅可以译成汉语的“发展”根据其develop的结果可分为两类：
(一). 从无到某种较好的状态（from nothing to something good）根据具体情况可译成以下几种：
1．开发或开辟、研制、想出（new idea or product）
The company develops and markets new software.（麦克米伦英汉双解词典，一下简称MECD） 这个公司开发并销售新软件。
Richard Lewis at the University of California developed a safer form of the drug. It can be put directly into eye.
加利福尼亚大学的理查德.刘易斯研制了一种较安全的药物，可以直接放入眼内。
Early humans developed a way to use the moon’s changing faces to tell time. 古代人想出了（学会了）利用月亮的圆缺来判断时间的方法。
2．开发利用;开垦（荒地）;准备开采（矿藏）
The site is being developed by a French company.（MECD）
这块地正由一家法国公司开发利用。
They developed several large tracts on the edge of town.(英汉辞海，一下简称YCWO) 他们在城市的边缘开垦了几片土地。
Several attempts have been made through the years to develop the deposit, although a fairly complicated wet beneficiation process is needed to allow separation of the clay.
虽然分离这种粘土需要相当复杂的湿选工艺，但这些年来还是进行了某些尝试以开采这个矿床。
3．开始有（感觉、习惯、兴趣、关系）等
She developed a taste for champagne while she was in France.（MECD）
她在法国的时候开始喜欢上了香槟酒。
4．掌握、获得（skills）
In the broadest sense, education refers to any process by which an individual gains knowledge or develops skills.
最广义地说，教育就是指一个人获得知识或掌握技能的过程。
5．推导（公式） From this formula the data in figure 3 has been developed. 图3中的数据时根据这一公式推导出来的。
6．绘制（图形、曲线等）
The computer, using the data from tests, can develop curves such as those of Figure 4. 这种计算机可以利用试验数据绘制出图4所示的那些曲线。
7．培养或提高 To develop the student ability to undertake the experimental procedure is one of the important tasks of teachers.
培养学生的实验能力乃是老师的重要任务之一。
8．译为“树立”或“端正” Most people settle down very quickly to enjoy the summer school atmosphere, forget about being nervous and develop a very positive attitude toward their studies. 大多数人都很快地安顿下来享受夏日学校的宜人氛围，忘记了紧张，树立起积极的学习态度。
9．产生、问世 With the development of distance learning, when you study at home with radio and TV program to help you and send written work by post to your tutor, the idea of summer school has also developed.
随着远距离教育的发展，人们可以在家中利用广播和电视节目学习并把作业邮寄给老师，这时，举办夏日学校的想法也就产生了。
10．撰写 Your course has been designed and developed at the headquarters in Beijing by a few experienced trained teachers and material writers over a period of years. 一些经验丰富，训练有素的教师和辅导材料编写人员历经数年在北京总部设计并撰写了你们的教材。
11．创建、制作、创立 Both Leibniz and Newton had independently developed a branch of mathematics called calculus, which underlies most of modern physics. 莱布尼茨和牛顿两人都独自创建了微积分这一数学分支，从而为大部分现代物理学奠定了基础。
12．探索 Scientists are trying to develop a method to freeze the cells that produce insulin. 科学家们正在努力探索一种方法以冷却那些制造胰岛素的细胞。
13．养成（习惯）When I talked with him I found that from childhood he had developed the habit of carrying a little book in his pocket.
跟他谈话时我发现他从小就养成了在衣袋里放一本小书的习惯。
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