ripe /raɪp/ CET4 TEM4 ( riper, ripest )

• 1. 

  ADJ Ripe fruit or grain is fully grown and ready to eat. (水果、谷物) 成熟的

  例：

  Always choose firm, but ripe fruit.

  总该挑选坚挺但成熟的水果。

• 2. 

  ADJ If a situation is ripe for a particular development or event, you mean that development or event is likely to happen soon. (事态) 成熟的 [v-link ADJ 'for' n/-ing]

  例：

  A hospital consultant said conditions were ripe for an outbreak of cholera and typhoid.

  一位医院的专家医师说霍乱和伤寒爆发的条件已经成熟。

• 3. 

  PHRASE If someone lives to a ripe old age, they live until they are very old. 高龄

  例：

  He lived to the ripe old age of 95.

  他活到了95岁的高龄。