maturity
英 [m?'t???r?t?]
美[m?'t??r?ti]
- n. 成熟；到期；完備
CET6GRE中低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?maturities;
中文詞源
maturity 成熟
來自mature,成熟的，-ity,名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- maturity (n.)
- early 15c., "maturity of character;" mid-15c., "ripeness," from Middle French maturité and directly from Latin maturitatem (nominative maturitas) "ripeness," from maturus "ripe" (see mature (v.)). Financial sense "state of being due for payment" is from 1815.
雙語例句
- 1. Lacking self-confidence and maturity, many teenagers are left feeling very vulnerable.
- 許多十幾歲的孩子既缺乏自信又不夠懂事，所以感情上十分脆弱。
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- 2. Girls generally reach sexual maturity two years earlier than boys.
- 通常女孩性發(fā)育成熟要比男孩早兩年。
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- 3. Customers are told what their policies will be worth on maturity.
- 客戶被告知保險單到期時的價值。
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- 4. His behaviour spoke of an early maturity.
- 他的舉止流露出早熟的痕跡。
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- 5. We stop growing at maturity.
- 我們成年之后不再長個兒。
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