maturity

英 [məˈtʃʊərəti]

美 [məˈtʃʊrəti]

n.  (思想行为、作品等)成熟; 成熟; 成年; 完全长成; 到期(应付款)

复数：maturities　

CET6GREIELTS医学

BNC.4325 / COCA.6413

牛津词典

noun

• （思想行为、作品等）成熟
  the quality of thinking and behaving in a sensible, adult manner
  1. He has maturity beyond his years.
     他过于老成。
  2. Her poems show great maturity.
     她的诗歌显得非常成熟。
• 成熟；成年；完全长成
  the state of being fully grown or developed
  1. The forest will take 100 years to reach maturity .
     这片森林要花100年时间才能成材。
• 到期（应付款）
  the time when money you have invested is ready to be paid

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 成熟;长大成人
  Maturityis the state of being fully developed or adult.
  1. Humans experience a delayed maturity; we arrive at all stages of life later than other mammals.
     人类发育较缓——在生命的各个阶段，我们都晚于其他哺乳动物。
• N-UNCOUNT (性格、行为等的)成熟
  Someone'smaturityis their quality of being fully developed in their personality and emotional behaviour.
  1. Her speech showed great maturity and humanity...
     她的演讲非常老练，极富人情味。
  2. Lacking self-confidence and maturity, many teenagers are left feeling very vulnerable.
     许多十几岁的孩子既缺乏自信又不够懂事，所以感情上十分脆弱。
• N-VAR (存单、养老金计划等的)到期
  When an investment such as a savings policy or pension plan reachesmaturity, it reaches the stage when you stop paying money and the company pays you back the money you have saved, and the interest your money has earned.
  1. Customers are told what their policies will be worth on maturity...
     客户被告知保险单到期时的价值。
  2. Treasury bonds have maturities that extend out as far as 25 years or more.
     国库券的到期时间长达25年甚至更久。

英英释义

noun

• state of being mature
  Synonym:matureness
• the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
  Synonym:adulthood
• the date on which an obligation must be repaid
  Synonym:maturity datedue date

双语例句

• She could not but grieve over her son's strange lack of maturity.
  对于儿子出奇的不成熟她只有叹息。
• The user community's size and activity level directly impact an open source product's maturity.
  用户团体的规模和活动水平直接影响了公开源码产品的成熟度。
• Seed of birch flies from the time of seed maturity in July until the following spring, but aspen seed only during a short period in summer.
  桦树种子从7月份种子成熟开始飞散，一直到第二年春天，但白杨的种子仅在夏天短期内就飞散完毕。
• We stop growing at maturity.
  我们成年之后不再长个儿。
• It is also refining a maturity model that organizations can use to evaluate and improve their capabilities.
  它还细化了一个成熟度模型，组织可使用它评估和改善他们的能力。
• His behaviour spoke of an early maturity
  他的举止流露出早熟的痕迹。
• There are numerous life a symbol of maturity, but how we look at the.
  人生中有无数个成熟的标志，只是我们怎么去看待了。
• These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.
  这些植物五年后就该长成了。
• During this period of human development and completion of the basic importance of the maturity process.
  人类在这个时期完成了发育和基本成熟这个具有重要意义的过程。
• This could be done through a standstill in repayments, extension of maturity, interest-rate cut or, in the most severe cases, the dreaded haircut.
  这一决定可以通过在偿还贷款过程中的停顿、延长期限、降息或者在最严重的可怕的理发业来实现。