development hell

/dɪˌvɛləpmənt hɛl/· noun phrase

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development hell
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Chinese meaning

(项xiàng目mù)长cháng期qī停tíng滞zhì难nán产chǎn的de困kùn境jìng

项xiàng目mù长cháng期qī停tíng滞zhì难nán产chǎn

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该gāi游yóu戏xì项xiàng目mù长cháng期qī搁gē置zhì,最zuì终zhōng被bèi证zhèng实shí取qǔ消xiāo

Example

It sat in development hell for years until Blizzard president Mike Morhaime confirmed that it had been canceled in 2014.

它tā在zài开kāi发fā地dì狱yù里lǐ困kùn了le多duō年nián,直zhí到dào暴bào雪xuě总zǒng裁cái迈mài克kè·莫mò海hǎi姆mǔ证zhèng实shí它tā已yǐ在zài2014年nián被bèi取qǔ消xiāo。

Source: The Verge · 12 Sep 2026

Background ✎

暴bào雪xuě宣xuān布bù,新xīn作zuò《星xīng际jì争zhēng霸bà》将jiāng于yú2030年nián以yǐ开kāi放fàng世shì界jiè射shè击jī游yóu戏xì的de形xíng式shì回huí归guī。其qí实shí暴bào雪xuě早zǎo在zài2002年nián就jiù想xiǎng把bǎ《星xīng际jì争zhēng霸bà》搬bān进jìn3D射shè击jī游yóu戏xì,做zuò出chū了le《星xīng际jì争zhēng霸bà:幽yōu灵líng》,结jié果guǒ项xiàng目mù在zài开kāi发fā地dì狱yù里lǐ困kùn了le多duō年nián,直zhí到dào2014年nián,时shí任rèn暴bào雪xuě总zǒng裁cái迈mài克kè·莫mò海hǎi姆mǔ证zhèng实shí它tā已yǐ被bèi取qǔ消xiāo。

Roots · etymology

影视/游戏业俚语,development+hell 直译喻困境,无经典词源

  • 复合短语:development(开发)+ hell(地狱),字面「开发地狱」

Collocations

  • stuck in development hell / languish in development hell / mired in development hell

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