maturity
- 英式英标[mə\'tʃʊrəti]
- 美式音标[mə\'tʃʊərətɪ]
中文词源
maturity 成熟
来自mature,成熟的，-ity,名词后缀。
英文词源
- 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.
实用例句
- 1. 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。
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- 2. Girls generally reach sexual maturity two years earlier than boys.
- 通常女孩性发育成熟要比男孩早两年。
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- 3. 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。
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- 4. His behaviour spoke of an early maturity.
- 他的举止流露出早熟的痕迹。
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- 5. We stop growing at maturity.
- 我们成年之后不再长个儿。
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