| 单词 |
de-development |
| 释义 |
de-deˈvelopment [f. de- II. 2 + development.] The reversal of economic or industrial development, esp. in (over-) developed countries, for the benefit of the country concerned; return to a less advanced economy.
1974Ecologist IV. viii. 309/3 It has been the theme of the Ecologist for the last four years that development is an unmitigated catastrophe. What is needed is de-development even in Africa. 1976Church Times 10 Dec. 10 The snag about..‘de-development’ (Professor Birch at the WCC) as the aim is that in the past mankind has found satisfaction largely through trying to do better materially. 1978Nature 18 May 176/2 Where some developed countries (such as Italy) are experiencing an enforced de-development, and others are hovering from crisis to crisis, a little isolation from western science and technology may not be a bad thing for the developing countries. |

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