- [countable]
a person or company that buys land or buildings in order to build new houses, shops, etc., or to improve the old ones, and makes a profit from doing this (房地产)开发商,开发公司 property developers 房地产开发商
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsb2A local developer is planning to build a supermarket on the site. 一个当地的开发商打算在这块地上建超市。 The flats are being built by a private developer. 这些公寓正由一个私人开发商建造。 plans by a big property developer to build fifty new houses 一家大地产商建造 50 幢新房的计划
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- major
- local
- …
- build something
- develop something
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a person or a company that designs and creates new products (新产品的)开发者,研制者 a software developer 软件开发人员 Canada has emerged as the world's leading developer of hit board games. 加拿大已初露头角,成为世界上热门棋类游戏的主要研发国。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lead
- leading
- independent
- …
- create something
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a chemical substance that is used for developing photographs from a film 显影剂