Word · Frequency #19298
redevelop
重新开发；改建（土地）
to change the plans for the use of (land), typically by improving an area or building new structures
- 1.
To develop again or differently.
重新开发；改造
重新提出；重新阐发（理论、假设）；重新显影（底片或照片）；重新开发；改造；恢复(促进)经济发展；重点恢复
In use
The city plans to redevelop the old harbor area into a public park.
They bought the abandoned factory to redevelop it into apartments.
The council is redeveloping the vacant lot with new shops and housing.
redevelop sth
宾语常为土地、城区或建筑等，表示进行改建或改变用途；也用于抽象事物，如重新阐发理论。
The city plans to redevelop the old port area.
该市计划重新开发旧港区。
be redeveloped
被动式用于强调土地或建筑被改造的结果，常见于城市更新话题。
The abandoned factory was redeveloped last year.
那座废弃工厂去年被重新开发了。
Verb forms
base redevelop · third person redevelops · -ing redeveloping · past redeveloped · past participle redeveloped
表示再次开发或改造某地区，规则变化，注意过去式和过去分词均为 redeveloped。
Common mistakes
The city is planning to redevelopment the old industrial area.The city is planning to redevelop the old industrial area.
redevelopment 是名词，不能跟在 to 后面作动词使用；应改用动词原形 redevelop。汉语的“重新开发”身兼名词和动词，但英语里这两个词形不同。
They redeveloped the former station to a shopping mall.They redeveloped the former station into a shopping mall.
表示“把……改建为……”时，redevelop 后应接 into 引出结果，不能按汉语“成为”直译为 to。
Connections
Collocations
- redevelop land
- 重新开发土地
- The company wants to redevelop land near the river.该公司希望重新开发河边的土地。
- redevelop the city center
- 重新开发市中心
- The council voted to redevelop the city center.市议会投票决定重新开发市中心。
- redevelop an industrial site
- 重新开发工业用地
- They plan to redevelop the industrial site into apartments.他们计划将工业用地重新开发为公寓。
- redevelop a negative
- 重新冲洗底片
- The technician redeveloped the negative to bring out more detail.技师重新冲洗底片以呈现更多细节。
Synonyms
- regenerate
- 使（地区、社区）再生；振兴 · regenerate 强调恢复地区活力，常见于 urban regeneration；redevelop 更突出改变土地用途和重新规划。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆解联想：re（再次）+ develop（开发）→ 把老街区再次开发、改建，恢复经济活力。别记成‘重复发展’，重点是改造更新。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：城市更新、房地产开发 该词表示对土地或旧城区进行重新开发、改建时，通常用于城市规划和房地产等较正式的中性语境；日常口语中更常说“重建”“翻新”等词。
Grammar Note
该词为及物动词，宾语常为土地、城区等；也可用于摄影（重新显影）或理论（重新提出）语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Develop, envelop, underdevelop, and overdevelop all have the stressed syllable /veləp/ and rhyme with redevelop. Be careful: envelope (noun) is spelled like envelop but pronounced /ˈenvəloʊp/, so it does not rhyme. Development also shares the stem but ends in /mənt/, so it does not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.