| 单词 | ripe |
| 释义 | ripe (raɪp ) Word forms: riper , ripest 1. adjective B2 Ripe fruit or grain is fully grown and ready to eat. Always choose firm, but ripe fruit. ...fields of ripe wheat. Synonyms: ripened, seasoned, ready, mature ripeness uncountable noun Test the figs for ripeness. 2. adjective If a situation is ripe for a particular development or event, you mean that development or event is likely to happen soon. Conditions were ripe for an outbreak of cholera. [+ for] This society is ripe for change. Synonyms: right, fit, ready, suitable 3. ripe old age phrase If someone lives to a ripe old age, they live until they are very old. He lived to the ripe old age of 95. 4. ripe for picking/plucking phrase [usually verb-link PHRASE] If something is ripe for picking or ripe for plucking, it will be very easy to obtain. Haig's message was that victory was ripe for picking. 5. the time is ripe phrase [VERB inflects, oft PHR for n, PHRASE to-infinitive] If you say the time is ripe, you mean that a suitable time has arrived for something to be done. He told reporters that he thought the time was ripe for a normalisation of relations. The British Foreign Office has decided the time is ripe to send its first female ambassador to the region. Translations: Chinese: 成熟的 Japanese: 熟した |
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