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单词 underdeveloped
释义
underdeveloped
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.də.dɪˈvel.əpt/us
/ˌʌn.də.dɚˈvel.əpt/
C2
(especiallyof acountry) withoutmodernindustryormodernservicesthatprovidetransport,hospitals, etc.:
（尤指国家）不发达的
an underdevelopedcountry欠发达国家
It's in thepoorer, underdevelopedeasternregionof thecountrythat thebiggestproblemsexist.最大的问题存在于这个国家较为贫穷落后的东部地区。
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(Definition ofunderdevelopedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

underdeveloped| Business English

underdeveloped
adjective
uk
/ˌʌndədɪˈveləpt/us
/-dɚ-/
ECONOMICS
having little or nomodernindustry, fewmodernservices, and aweakeconomy:
Many of theseregionsare very underdeveloped.
not asadvancedorpowerfulaspossibleorexpected:
They have a goodbrandnamebut it is underdeveloped.
Thereasonfor the underdevelopedstateof the country'scapitalmarketsisdecadesofeconomicmismanagement.

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(Definition ofunderdevelopedfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunderdeveloped

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When they are released, the embryo is differentiated butunderdeveloped.
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Second, although the countries of the region are economicallyunderdeveloped, prosperity and development remain major goals in the articulation of their foreign policies.
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By such a process allunderdevelopednations would achieve economic maturity.
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Interventions for caregivers of persons at end of life, however, are relatively few in number and are oftenunderdeveloped.
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No public explanation has been offered for lavishing special benefits on these four favoured provinces rather than neighbouring and equallyunderdevelopedprovinces.
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Population ethics is anunderdevelopedfield of inquiry.
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The economy is stillunderdeveloped, with low manufactured and hightechnology exports, low expenditure on research and development, and small numbers of computers and mobile phones.
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Rather, they championed capitalism, but from the perspective of anunderdevelopednation.
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The senator noted that, in the postwar world, the whole concept of foreign aid, especially to theunderdevelopedworld, was relatively new.
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However, hisunderdevelopedtheoretical framework impedes a coherent presentation.
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Certainly, concepts such as user choice are veryunderdevelopedin practice.
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Longstanding dichotomies such as metropole\\colony and civilized\\primitive were reworked into the categories of developed\\underdeveloped.
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It had remarkable bumps at its front, whereas those on the back wereunderdeveloped.
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Four operating principles and input distribution as explanations forunderdevelopedand mature morphological systems.
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They suggested that this phenomenon is caused by the frequent occurrence ofunderdevelopedseeds in less mature fruits.
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