ripe
ripe 英 [raɪp] 美 [raɪp]
adj. 熟的，成熟的；时机成熟的
比较级:riper 最高级:ripest
- When a fruit is ripe, it is time to pick it and eat it. If you say the time is ripe, then now is the time for action. Ripe means ready.
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- adj. 熟的，成熟的；时机成熟的
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1. This land is ripe for development.
这片土地适宜开发。
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2. The conditions were ripe for social change.
社会变革的时机已经成熟。
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3. Reforms were promised when the time was ripe.
曾经作出承诺，时机一成熟就进行改革。
- ripe (adj.) Old English ripe "ready for reaping, fit for eating, mature," from West Germanic *ripijaz (source also of Old Saxon ripi, Middle Dutch ripe, Dutch rijp, Old High German rifi, German reif); related to Old English repan "to reap" (see reap). Meaning "ready for some action or effect" is from 1590s. Related: Ripely; ripeness.
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