developer

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A developer is a person or a company that buys land and builds houses, offices, stores, or factories on it, or buys existing buildings and makes them more modern. (房地産) 開(kāi)發(fā)商[商業(yè)]
...common land which would have a high commercial value if sold to developers. …賣給開(kāi)發(fā)商便有很高商業(yè)價(jià)值的普通地皮。
2. N-COUNT A developer is someone who develops something such as an idea, a design, or a product. 開(kāi)發(fā)者
John Bardeen was also co-developer of the theory of superconductivity. 約翰·巴丁也是超導(dǎo)理論的共同發(fā)展人。

Much of the region's native vegetation has been damaged by developers who are building hotels along the coast .
Some of the younger property developers are real wide boys .
The developers refurbished the house inside and out.
The project suddenly got a new lease of life when the developers agreed to provide some more funding .
The developers dealt with the problem in the time-honoured fashion , burying the industrial waste in landfill sites .