Maturity
[mə'tʃʊərətɪ] or [mə'tʃʊrəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) state of being mature; full development.
(noun.) the date on which an obligation must be repaid.
校對:罗伯特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
埃莉诺校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Completion, ripeness.[2]. Time of being due (said of a promissory note, &c.).
贝妮塔整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Though their marriages are generally more fruitful than those of people of fashion, a smaller proportion of their children arrive at maturity. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The citizen served as warrior in youth, ruler in his maturity, priest in his old age. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Again, not a few animals, after arriving at maturity, go on changing in character during nearly their whole lives. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- But the first stage of contact with any new material, at whatever age of maturity, must inevitably be of the trial and error sort. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- My fair companion was about eight feet tall, having just arrived at maturity, but not yet to her full height. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Even in this case, how small would be the chance of a seed falling on favourable soil, and coming to maturity! 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- But, indeed, everything about the place wore an aspect of maturity and abundance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I assure you, Mrs. Powler,' he then said, much exhausted, 'that the father's manner prepared me for a grim and stony maturity. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- It should have a certain amount of moisture, which it naturally would have if put in at maturity. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- 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.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- With crustaceans not only many trivial, but some important parts assume a new character, as recorded by Fritz Muller, after maturity. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Could we domesticate a cub of this wild beast, and not fear its growth and maturity? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I have arrived at maturity. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- 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. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
整理:玛丽