mature
英 [m?'t???]
美 [m?'t??r]
- adj. 成熟的；充分考慮的；到期的；成年人的
- vi. 成熟；到期
- vt. 使…成熟；使…長成；慎重作出
助記提示
1. maid => mature: 少女變成了媽媽才真的成熟.
2. nature => mature. (n- => nn- => m-, 有一個n到兩個n合在一起就是m, 自然地成長到成熟).
3. 自然成熟才是真正的成熟，人為的揠苗助長是不行的。
4. mature-?－m(媽)?+?ature(nature--n女孩)-n（女孩）變成媽媽（M）----是自然的成熟過程-成熟
中文詞源
mature 成熟的，成年的來自拉丁語maturare,開始成熟的，開始裂開，來自PIE*ma,好的，好時間的，詞源同matins,matinee.原用于水果成熟的，后引申詞義人成年的。
英文詞源
- 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.)).
雙語例句
- 1. These plants are then pollinated and allowed to mature and produce seed.
- 然后，這些植物就被授粉，從而成熟結籽。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Some adolescents might be more sexually mature and provocative than others.
- 一些青少年可能相比同齡人在性方面更成熟、更具挑逗性。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The caterpillars tunnel into the fruit to grow and mature.
- 毛蟲鉆入果實，并在其中生長為成蟲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. It's a team packed with experienced and mature professionals.
- 那個小組里都是些有經驗的成熟專業人士。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He wanted to introduce mature people with leadership qualities.
- 他想引進具有領導素質的成熟人才。
來自柯林斯例句