[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](水果、谷物等)成熟的Ripe fruit or grain is fully grown and ready to eat.
Always choose firm, but ripe fruit.
一定要挑选硬实但已成熟的水果。
...fields of ripe wheat.
成熟的麦田
ripeness
Test the figs for ripeness.
看看这些无花果熟了没有。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](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.
[v-link ADJ for n/-ing]
Conditions were ripe for an outbreak of cholera...
霍乱即将暴发。
This society is ripe for change.
发生社会变革的时机已经成熟。
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[PHRASE 短语](活到)高龄 If someone lives to a ripe old age, they live until they are very old.
[prep PHR]
He lived to the ripe old age of 95.
他活到了95岁高龄。
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[PHRASE 短语]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.
[usu v-link PHR]
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。
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[PHRASE 短语]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.
[V inflects]
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。
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。
Oxford
ripe/raɪp; NAmEraɪp/adjective(riper,rip·est)1(of fruit or crops 水果或庄稼)fully grown and ready to be eaten 成熟的OPP
unripe
2(of cheese or wine 干酪或果酒)having a flavour that has fully developed 口味浓郁的;成熟的;醇美可口的SYN
mature
3(of a smell 气味)strong and unpleasant 强烈的;难闻的4ripe(for sth) ready or suitable for sth to happen 时机成熟的;适宜的◆This land is ripe for development.这片土地适宜开发。◆The conditions were ripe for social change.社会变革的时机已经成熟。◆Reforms were promised when the time was ripe.曾经作出承诺,时机一成熟就进行改革。▶ripe·ness/raɪpnəs; NAmEraɪpnəs/noun[uncountable ]IDIOMa/the ripe old age (of…)an age that is considered to be very old (…的)高龄◆He lived to the ripe old age of 91.他活到了 91 岁的高龄。riperiperripestripe/raɪp; NAmEraɪp/ripe·ness/raɪpnəs; NAmEraɪpnəs/
1ripe fruit or crops are fully grown and ready to eatOPP unripe: Those tomatoes aren’t ripe yet.2be ripe for something to be ready for a change to happen, especially when it should have happened sooner: The police forces are ripe for reform. The former dock area is ripe for development.3the time is ripe (for something) used to say it is a very suitable time for something to happen, especially when it should have happened sooner: The time is ripe for a review of progress up to now.4ripe old agea)if you live to a ripe old age, you are very old when you die: Eat less and exercise more if you want to live to a ripe old age.b)used to show that you find it surprising or impressive that someone is doing something or has achieved something at a very young age – used humorously: She was put in charge at the ripe old age of twenty-nine.5ripe cheese has developed a strong taste and is ready to eatSYN mature6especially British English a ripe smell is strong and unpleasant – used humorously: We were pretty ripe after a week of walking.—ripeness noun [uncountable]
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