Maturity
[mə'tʃʊərətɪ] or [mə'tʃʊrəti]
解释:
(noun.) state of being mature; full development.
(noun.) the date on which an obligation must be repaid.
校对:罗伯特--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of judgment; the maturity of a plan.
(n.) Arrival of the time fixed for payment; a becoming due; termination of the period a note, etc., has to run.
埃莉诺校对
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Completion, ripeness.[2]. Time of being due (said of a promissory note, &c.).
贝妮塔整理
例句:
- Though their marriages are generally more fruitful than those of people of fashion, a smaller proportion of their children arrive at maturity. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The citizen served as warrior in youth, ruler in his maturity, priest in his old age. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Again, not a few animals, after arriving at maturity, go on changing in character during nearly their whole lives. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- But the first stage of contact with any new material, at whatever age of maturity, must inevitably be of the trial and error sort. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- My fair companion was about eight feet tall, having just arrived at maturity, but not yet to her full height. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- With increasing maturity, activity which does not give back results of tangible and visible achievement loses its interest. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Even in this case, how small would be the chance of a seed falling on favourable soil, and coming to maturity! 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- But, indeed, everything about the place wore an aspect of maturity and abundance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I assure you, Mrs. Powler,' he then said, much exhausted, 'that the father's manner prepared me for a grim and stony maturity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- It should have a certain amount of moisture, which it naturally would have if put in at maturity. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The fodder-corn should be allowed to approach maturity, the best point for cutting being not far from that at which we would ordinarily cut any shock. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- With crustaceans not only many trivial, but some important parts assume a new character, as recorded by Fritz Muller, after maturity. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Could we domesticate a cub of this wild beast, and not fear its growth and maturity? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I have arrived at maturity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The four men who had taken hold of Bell’s invention in its infancy and brought it to maturity were ready to surrender its care into the hands of the able business men who headed the Bell Company. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
整理:玛丽