
mature基本信息
读法:英 [mə"tʃʊə] 美 [mə"tʃʊr]
释义:
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英英释义
Adjective:
"full-bodied mature wines"
"The child grew fast"
"Age matures a good wine"
"we age every day--what a depressing thought!"
"Young men senesce"
中英词源
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.)).
词态变化
第三人称单数 matures;
过去式 matured;
过去分词 matured;
现在分词 maturing;
比较级 maturer;
最高级 maturest;
副词 maturely;
权威造句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句WwW.weNtiyI.CoM
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
这些形容词均有“成年的,成熟的”之意。adult一般指生理上的童年期已结束,达到法定年龄。
grown-up多用于口语,含义与adult基本相同,但更侧重脱离儿童阶段,已成大人,与childish意思相反。
mature用于生物时,指完全长好了。用于人时,指达到了生命的黄金时期,但所暗示的青少年和成年之间的界限不明显。 这些动词均有“成熟、长成”之意。
mature指生物自然发育成熟或丰满或使其能起正常作用,还可指人获得智慧、经验或变得世故。
ripen侧重已到长生成熟的顶点。
age一般指使人过早成熟,强调已走向衰老。
develop侧重使某一种类或个体潜在本能进化完全,词义比mature广泛。 这两个形容词都含“成熟的”之意。
mature指生物完成了长生、发育的全过程或周期,表明已经成熟;也可指经周期、慎重考虑而制定的计划或作出的决定。
ripe主要指水果、谷物和蔬菜等的成熟,也可引申作“时机成熟”解。
记忆方法
1. maid => mature: 少女变成了妈妈才真的成熟.
2. nature => mature. (n- => nn- => m-, 有一个n到两个n合在一起就是m, 自然地成长到成熟).
3. 自然成熟才是真正的成熟,人为的揠苗助长是不行的。
4. mature- -m(妈) + ature(nature--n女孩)-n(女孩)变成妈妈(M)----是自然的成熟过程-成熟
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