【造词理据】象形。V形表转折，引申指改变、包裹、包起来，这里指不包起来，即展开、发展。de-前缀，表未做（undo）。
【例句】The company, best known for a plan to develop a mass-market electric car, has instead seen sales of its gasoline-powered cars surge. 虽然比亚迪因为大规模推出电动汽车的计划而名声大振，不过销量大增的却是其生产的普通汽油驱动型轿车。
【同根词】developer development underdeveloped undeveloped
【造词理据】见develop。-ment是名词后缀。
【例句】Just as the body bears the traces of its phylogenetic development, so also does the human mind. 人类心里如同人类躯体，它们都带有各自种系进展史的遗迹。
【同根词】见develop。
【造词理据】拟声词。源自PIE词根*wegwh-（庄严的说、发誓），模仿发誓时严肃说话的声音，引申指虔诚地低头说话，发誓做、献身、致力于。de-表向下（down、away）。
【例句】After these years of study, I decided to devote all my life to Computer Science and would like to apply for Ph. 在学习多年之后，我决心将我的一生都奉献给计算机科学。
【同根词】devotion votary vote votive
【造词理据】见devote。-tion是名词后缀。
【例句】She sets for her readers the ideal image of a self-actualized individual by her unparalleled talents and her devotion to arts. 她那无与伦比的天才和为艺术的献身精神为其读者树立了一个自我实现个人的典型形象。
【同根词】见devote。
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