单词 | matured |
释义 | matured (once / 2019 pages) adj Something that's matured is fully developed, at its peak of being alive and mature. Your dad's matured rose garden is full grown, blossoming with beautiful flowers. In a garden, plants that have grown to their full height or fruit that's ripe are matured. An idea or plan that you've been working on until it's perfect is also matured, once it's truly finished. Children get more mature, but humans are never at a point where they are considered done the way plants and animals have. There's always room for improvement. The Latin root is maturare, "to ripen." WORD FAMILYmature: immature, maturate, matured, maturely, maturement, matureness, maturer, matures, maturest, maturing, maturity+/immature: immaturely, immatureness, immaturity/immaturity: immaturities/maturate: maturates, maturating, maturation/maturation: maturational/maturity: maturities, post-maturity USAGE EXAMPLESTu’ikolovatu was one reason a young defensive line matured into a strength. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) “As I’ve matured through my career and then ended up here, I look at it as a disease.” Washington Times(Dec 11, 2016) “There was a lot of learning from that. The team’s matured a lot.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 02, 2016) 1adj fully ripe; at the height of bloom Syn full-blown mature having reached full natural growth or development 2adj fully considered and perfected Syn mature developed being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful |
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