Yet their present development is wholly different,
但是，這兩個地方目前的發展程度完全不一樣。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 45 Of men and galaxies
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 現在的;目前的;出席的;[語法學]現在時的;
n. 現在;禮物;瞄準;
?? pres前+ent名詞后綴 → 禮物，贈送物
"a belated birthday present"
遲來的生日禮物
近義：offer, award, proffer, promise, accord, bestow
反義：implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
n. 發展，進化;被發展的狀態;新生事物，新產品;開發區;
?? develop發展+ment表名詞 →發展發達，發展
"The development was bitterly opposed by the local community."
這一開發項目遭到了當地社區的憤怒抵制。
近義：progress, unfoldment, upgrowth, evolution, evolvement, growth
反義：backwardness, underdevelopment, atrophy, degeneracy, degeneration
adj. 不同的;各式各樣的;個別的;不平常;
?? differ相異+ent...的 →不同的
"a vast array of bottles of different shapes and sizes"
一大批形狀大小不一的瓶子
近義：heterogeneous, inharmonious, irregular, assorted, asymmetric, asymmetrical
反義：identical, indistinct, kindred, like, resembling, same
adv. 完全地，全部地;十足，統統;專門;一并;
?? whole(整個的)+ly- 完全地
"The criticism was wholly unjustified."
這樣的批評完全是不公平的。
近義：absolutely, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
反義：insufficiently, scarcely, scrappily, skimpily, truncately, unexhaustively