ripeness
n. 成熟,老練; 成熟度
Ripe fruit or grain is fully grown and ready to eat.
Always choose firm, but ripe fruit.
一定要挑選硬實但已成熟的水果。
...fields of ripe wheat.
成熟的麥田
If a situation is ripe for a particular development or event, you mean that development or event is likely to happen soon.
Conditions were ripe for an outbreak of cholera...
霍亂即將暴發。
This society is ripe for change.
發生社會變革的時機已經成熟。
If someone lives to a ripe old age, they live until they are very old.
He lived to the ripe old age of 95.
他活到了95歲高齡。
If something is ripe for picking or ripe for plucking, it will be very easy to obtain.
Haig's message was that victory was ripe for picking.
黑格傳達的意思是說勝利唾手可得。
If you say the time is ripe, you mean that a suitable time has arrived for something to be done.
He told reporters that he thought the time was ripe for a normalisation of relations...
他告訴記者他認為是時候恢復兩國間正常關係。
The British Foreign Office has decided the time is ripe to send its first female ambassador to the region.
英國外交部作出決定現在可以向該地區派駐第一位女大使。
1. the state of being ripe
I could smell the honeyed ripeness of melons and peaches.
我能聞到瓜桃熟透了的香甜味道。
For example, a ripeness defense was rejected in Abbott Labs itself.
例如, 在"艾博特試驗室"案裡,即否決了時機成熟辯護理由.
The hot sun enables the grapes to reach optimum ripeness.
炙熱的陽光使葡萄能夠達到最佳成熟狀態。
Usually, however , the ripeness defense reflects prudential considerations.
時機成熟辯護理由通常反映的是審慎的考慮.
It is important to test for ripeness.
為求完美,嘗試是相當重要的.