Mature

[mə'tʃʊə] or [mə'tʃʊr]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; 'He matured fast'; 'The child grew fast'.

(verb.) become due for repayment; 'These bonds mature in 2005'.

(verb.) develop and work out fully in one's mind; 'I need to mature my thoughts'.

(adj.) fully considered and perfected; 'mature plans' .

(adj.) having reached full natural growth or development; 'a mature cell' .

(adj.) characteristic of maturity; 'mature for her age' .

艾伦校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(superl.) Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.

(superl.) Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.

(superl.) Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.

(superl.) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.

(v. t.) To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.

(v. i.) To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.

(v. i.) Hence, to become due, as a note.

阿黛尔編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Perfected by time, complete, perfect, ripe.[2]. Prepared, ready, well-considered, well-digested.

v. a. [1]. Ripen.[2]. Perfect, bring to perfection, bring to maturity.

v. n. Become ripe.

克劳德整理

同義詞及反義詞：

[See RIPE]

巴纳德編輯

解釋/意思:

adj. grown to its full size: perfected: ripe: (med.) come to suppuration: fully digested as a plan.—v.t. to ripen: to bring to perfection: to prepare for use.—v.i. to become ripe: to become payable as a bill.—adj. Matur′able capable of being matured.—adv. Mature′ly.—ns. Mature′ness state or quality of being ripe or ready for use; Matur′ity ripeness: a state of completeness or readiness for use.

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