mature

英 [mə'tʃʊə] 美 [mə'tʃʊr]

解释

※ 提供单词"mature"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

mature 成熟的，成年的

来自拉丁语maturare,开始成熟的，开始裂开，来自PIE*ma,好的，好时间的，词源同matins,matinee.原用于水果成熟的，后引申词义人成年的。

mature: mature: [15] ‘Earliness’ is the etymological notion underlying the word mature. It goes back ultimately to a pre-Latin base *mātu-, which produced the Latin adjective mātūrus ‘timely, early’, direct source of the English word (in Old French mātūrus became mur ‘ripe’, which played a part in the emergence of English demure). Another Latin derivative of *mātu- was Mātūta, the name of the Roman goddess of the dawn. From this in turn was derived the adjective mātūtīnus ‘of the morning’, source of English matins [13] and matutinal ‘of the morning’ [17].
=> demure, matins
mature (v.): late 14c., "encourage suppuration;" mid-15c. "bring to maturity," from Latin maturare "to ripen, bring to maturity," from maturus "ripe, timely, early," related to manus "good" and mane "early, of the morning," from PIE root *ma- (1) "good," with derivatives meaning "occurring at a good moment, timely, seasonable, early." Meaning "come or bring to maturity" is from 1620s. The financial sense of "reach the time for payment" is from 1861. Related: Matured; maturing.
mature (adj.): mid-15c., "ripe," also "careful, well-considered," from Latin maturus "ripe, timely, early" (see mature (v.)).

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1. These plants are then pollinated and allowed to mature and produce seed.: 然后，这些植物就被授粉，从而成熟结籽。

2. Some adolescents might be more sexually mature and provocative than others.: 一些青少年可能相比同龄人在性方面更成熟、更具挑逗性。

3. The caterpillars tunnel into the fruit to grow and mature.: 毛虫钻入果实，并在其中生长为成虫。

4. It's a team packed with experienced and mature professionals.: 那个小组里都是些有经验的成熟专业人士。

5. He wanted to introduce mature people with leadership qualities.: 他想引进具有领导素质的成熟人才。