maturity

🇬🇧/məˈtʃʊərəti/ 🇺🇸/məˈtʃʊrəti/
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Maturity is the state of being fully developed or adult. 发育成熟

noun [抽象名词] （思想行为、作品等）成熟；发育成熟，长大成人；到期；（债券等）偿还期；（保险单、证券等）有固定到期日的票据

Humans experience a delayed maturity; we arrive at all stages of life later than other mammals. 人类经历着一个迟来的成熟；我们进入生命各个阶段的时间比其他哺乳动物要晚。

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Lesson 40 Waves maturity 名词: 成熟
来自mature(a. 成熟的)
maturity

n. 成熟；到期；完备
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Girls generally reach sexual maturity two years earlier than boys. 女孩子通常比男孩子早两年达到性成熟。
Customers are told what their policies will be worth on maturity, not what they are worth today. 客户们被告知的是他们的保险单到期时的价值，不是现在的价值。
Her poems show great maturity. 她的诗歌显得非常成熟。

与 “maturity” 相关联的词汇

源自 mature /məˈtʃʊə(r)/ adj. 成熟的；到期的；成年人的；充分考虑的

maturity 的重要知识点

maturity n. 1. [U] the quality of behaving in a sensible way like an adult（心理）成熟

  • He has maturity beyond his years.
  • One day you will have the maturity to understand.

maturity n. 2. [U] (of a person, an animal, or a plant) the state of being fully grown or developed（生理）成熟

  • The forest will take 100 years to reach maturity.
  • How long does it take for the chicks to grow to maturity?

mature adj.（心理或生理）成熟的

  • Laura is very mature for her age .
  • Mature apple trees are typically 20 feet tall.
adult / full-grown （生理）成熟的；成年（犬、猫等）的
  • A full-grown giraffe is 5.5 m tall.
  • A full-grown male lion can weigh over 190 kilograms. 一只成年雄狮的体重可超过190公斤。
  • Is that an adult cat or a kitten?  那是只成年猫还是小猫？
ripe （水果或庄稼）成熟的；（时机）成熟的
  • Soon ripe, soon rotten. 熟得快烂得快;学得快忘得快
  • I'm waiting till the time is ripe before I tell my parents that I failed my exams.
  • These tomatoes aren't ripe enough to eat yet. 这些西红柿还没熟到可以吃的程度。
  • I'll tell him the truth when the time is ripe. 等时机成熟时我会告诉他真相。

关于牛排的熟度

  • How would you like your steak cooked? 
  • I’d like my steak well-done / medium well / medium / medium rare / rare.
well-done 全熟的（牛排等） I don't like any pink in my meat, so I always order my steak well-done. 我不喜欢肉里带粉红色，所以我总是点全熟的牛排。
medium well 七八分熟的 A medium well steak will be mostly gray-brown with just a hint of pale pink in the center. 七八分熟的牛排大部分呈灰褐色，中心只有一丝淡粉色。
medium 五分熟的 I’d like my steak medium, please—warm and pink throughout the middle. 我的牛排要五分熟，中间要是温热且粉红色的。
medium rare 三四分熟的（通常译为“三分熟”） Most chefs recommend medium rare as the best way to enjoy a quality cut of beef. 大多数厨师建议三分熟是享用优质牛肉的最佳方式。
rare 一二分熟的（通常译为“一分熟”） The center of a rare steak is cool and bright red. 一分熟牛排的中心是凉的，且呈鲜红色。
raw 全生的；未加工的
  • I like to eat fish raw.
  • Sushi grade fish is meant to be eaten raw. 寿司级鱼肉就是用来生吃的。
  • It is not safe to consume raw chicken.  食用生鸡肉是不安全的。
Monica: Okay, now this one is rare, this one is medium well! Now go-go-go! Hey Phoebe!
Phoebe: Hey!
Monica: Hey how was dinner?!
Phoebe: Dinner was good!