1 fully grown or fully developed 成熟的;完全长成的:
a mature tree/bird/animal完全长成的树╱鸟╱动物
2 behaving in a sensible adult way 成熟的;稳重的:
Is she mature enough for such responsibility?她是否成熟得可以担当这个责任? [OPP] immature 反义词为immature
matureverb [I]:
He matured a lot during his two years at college.他在上大学的两年间成熟了很多。 ➔maturity /məˈtʃʊərəti; US -ˈtʊə- ||; məˈtυrətɪ/ noun [U]
mature/məˋtʃUr; məˈtʃʊə/adj 1 behaving in a reasonable way like an adult [ immature ] 成熟的: She's very mature for her age. 从她的年龄来说﹐她非常成熟。2 fully grown or developed 发育成熟的: a mature cherry tree 一棵成熟的樱桃树Cats are sexually mature at a young age. 猫在很小的年龄就性发育成熟了。3 [only before noun 仅用于名词前] a polite way of referring to someone who is older than other people who are doing the same thing 不再年轻的﹐成熟的〔礼貌的说法〕: fashions for mature brides 适合大龄新娘的婚纱样式mature student BrE 【英】(=a student who is over 25 years old) 大龄学生〔年龄超过 25 岁的大学生〕4 mature cheese or wine tastes strong because it has developed for a long time〔干酪或葡萄酒〕发酵成熟的﹐已酿成的 —mature v [I,T] Pat's matured since going to college. 帕特自从上了大学就成熟了。Mature the wine in a cool place. 把葡萄酒放在阴凉的地方酿熟。
maturematurematuresmaturedmaturingadjective1behaving in a sensible way like an adult2fully grown or fully developedoppositeimmature▶ matureverb (matures, maturing, matured): He has matured a lot since he went to college.