| 单词 | development hell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevelopment hell development hell n. colloquial (chiefly U.S.) the development stage of a motion picture or other production, esp. when protracted, complicated or apparently unending, considered as a form of torment. ΚΠ 1988 Daily Herald (Chicago) 15 Sept. (Showcase) 3/5 The writing process takes anywhere from three months to three years... We call it development hell. 1993 Wired Mar. (Premiere Issue) 106/3 Rosendahl recently had to pull back one of his scripts that was languishing in ‘development hell’ at Universal Studios. 1996 Entertainm. Weekly 24 May 31/3 The story rotted in development hell for four years until Goldberg signed on. 2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 6 Oct. w8/1 When it came to ‘High Fidelity’, veteran producers..kept workshop productions to a minimum to avoid what Mr. Seller calls ‘development hell’. < as lemmas |
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