ripe

adj.

1. 成熟的
   fully grown and ready to be eaten
2. 口味浓郁的；成熟的；醇美可口的
   having a flavour that has fully developed
3. 强烈的；难闻的
   strong and unpleasant
4. 时机成熟的；适宜的
   ready or suitable for sth to happen
   1. This land is ripe for development.
      这片土地适宜开发。
   2. The conditions were ripe for social change.
      社会变革的时机已经成熟。
   3. Reforms were promised when the time was ripe .
      曾经作出承诺，时机一成熟就进行改革。

1. ADJ-GRADED (水果、谷物等)成熟的
   Ripe fruit or grain is fully grown and ready to eat.
   1. Always choose firm, but ripe fruit.
      一定要挑选硬实但已成熟的水果。
   2. ...fields of ripe wheat.
      成熟的麦田
2. ADJ-GRADED (时机)成熟的，适宜的
   If a situation is ripe for a particular development or event, you mean that development or event is likely to happen soon.
   1. Conditions were ripe for an outbreak of cholera...
      霍乱即将暴发。
   2. This society is ripe for change.
      发生社会变革的时机已经成熟。
3. PHRASE (活到)高龄
   If someone lives to a ripe old age, they live until they are very old.
   1. He lived to the ripe old age of 95.
      他活到了95岁高龄。
4. PHRASE 唾手可得;得到…易如反掌
   If something is ripe for picking or ripe for plucking, it will be very easy to obtain.
   1. Haig's message was that victory was ripe for picking.
      黑格传达的意思是说胜利唾手可得。
5. PHRASE 时机已经成熟
   If you say the time is ripe, you mean that a suitable time has arrived for something to be done.
   1. He told reporters that he thought the time was ripe for a normalisation of relations...
      他告诉记者他认为是时候恢复两国间正常关系。
   2. The British Foreign Office has decided the time is ripe to send its first female ambassador to the region.
      英国外交部作出决定现在可以向该地区派驻第一位女大使。

1. The conditions are ripe for the spread of disease.
   这种疾病传播的条件已经成熟。
2. Matilda was born in northern Italy in 1046 and apparently lived to a ripe old age
   玛蒂尔达1046年出生在意大利北部，据信享有高寿。
3. Ripe with in-jokes, self-references, and post-modern metaphor, the movie questions a too-civilized world.
   这部电影驾轻就熟地借助圈内笑话、自我指认和后现代主义的隐喻，对过度文明的世界提出了质疑。
4. Always choose firm, but ripe fruit.
   一定要挑选硬实但已成熟的水果。
5. Conditions were ripe for an outbreak of cholera
   霍乱即将暴发。
6. This society is ripe for change.
   发生社会变革的时机已经成熟。
7. Haig's message was that victory was ripe for picking.
   黑格传达的意思是说胜利唾手可得。
8. He told reporters that he thought the time was ripe for a normalisation of relations
   他告诉记者他认为是时候恢复两国间正常关系。
9. The British Foreign Office has decided the time is ripe to send its first female ambassador to the region.
   英国外交部作出决定现在可以向该地区派驻第一位女大使。
10. Ripe fruit does not travel well, but unripe fruit can be transported worldwide.
    熟透的水果不宜长途运输，但未成熟的水果却可以运往全世界。
11. It is still too early.; The time is not yet ripe.
    为时尚早。
12. The peaches are ripe.
    桃子成熟了。
13. The tomatoes are not yet ripe.
    西红柿还没熟。
14. These grapes are ripe.
    这些葡萄熟了。
15. The peaches are not ripe yet.
    这些桃子还是生的。
16. The ears of paddy are ripe and golden.
    稻穗金黄。
17. The cherries are quite ripe.
    樱桃熟透了。
18. The farmers are getting the crops in now that they are ripe.
    庄稼熟了，农民正在收割。
19. When wheat is ripe, we would go there to help cutting in.
    麦子熟了的时候，我们会去那里帮助收割。
20. He gave me a ripe olive.
    他给了我一个熟橄榄。
21. The time is ripe for action.
    时机已经成熟，可以行动了。
22. The grapes will soon be ripe. let's speed up our preparations for the grape harvest.
    葡萄快熟了，得上紧准备收摘了。
23. The wheat is just about ripe enough to be cut.
    麦子熟得差不多了，该割了。
24. Ripe red fruits, plums and blackberries dominate the aromas and flavors.
    成熟的红果子、李子和黑莓占据了主要的芳香和味道。
25. Ripe, these peaches are sweet.
    这些桃子熟了时是很甜的。
26. All of the fruit looks ripe.
    所有的水果看上去熟了。
27. The peaches are good and ripe.
    桃子熟透了（不是“桃子很好也熟了”）。
28. A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits.
    蜂蜜和许多成熟水果中的一种单糖。
29. It is the smell of ripe orange.
    这是熟了的橙子的香味。

  mature adult grown-up ripe【导航词义：成熟的】

  mature adj. 成熟的，长成的

〔辨析〕指人或动植物发育成熟的；通常也指小孩或年轻人在性格、情感方面趋于成熟、明白事理的。

  adult adj. 成熟的，成年的

〔辨析〕指人或动物生理上发育成熟的，只作定语；也指待人接物具有成年人特点的。

  grown-up adj. 成年的，长大的；像成年人的

〔辨析〕指已长成大人的，或外表举止像成年人的。

  ripe adj. 成熟的

〔辨析〕多指水果、蔬菜等成熟的，也可引申指时机成熟的。

adj.

a/the ripe old age (of…)

• （…的）高龄
  an age that is considered to be very old
  1. He lived to the ripe old age of 91.
     他活到了91岁的高龄。

adj

1. far along in time
   1. a man of advanced age
   2. advanced in years
   3. a ripe old age
   4. the ripe age of 90

   Synonym:    advanced

2. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge
   1. a ripe mind

3. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
   1. ripe peaches
   2. full-bodied mature wines

   Synonym:    mature

4. most suitable or right for a particular purpose
   1. a good time to plant tomatoes
   2. the right time to act
   3. the time is ripe for great sociological changes

   Synonym:    goodright