ripe的意思|ripe的解释-里氏词典

ripe [raip]

a. 成熟的, 熟练的, 成年的

[医] 成熟的

ripe

[ adj ]

fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

<adj.all>

ripe peaches

full-bodied mature wines

fully prepared or eager

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the colonists were ripe for revolution

most suitable or right for a particular purpose

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a good time to plant tomatoes

the right time to act

the time is ripe for great sociological changes

at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge

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a ripe mind

far along in time

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a man of advanced age

advanced in years

a ripe old age

the ripe age of 90

Ripe \Ripe\, v. i. [AS. r[=i]pian.]
To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.]

Ripe \Ripe\, v. t.
To mature; to ripen. [Obs.] --Shak.

Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), n. [L. ripa.]
The bank of a river. [Obs.]

Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. {Riper} (r[imac]p"[~e]r);
superl. {Ripest}.] [AS. r[=i]pe; akin to OS. r[=i]pi, D.
rijp, G. rief, OHG. r[=i]ft; cf. AS. r[=i]p harvest, r[=i]pan
to reap. Cf. {Reap}.]
1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained
perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as,
ripe grain.

So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop
Into thy mother's lap. --Milton.

2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe
cheese; ripe wine.

3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected;
consummate. ``Ripe courage.'' --Chaucer.

He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --Shak.

4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of
sores, tumors, etc.

5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.

While things were just ripe for a war. --Addison.

I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public
bodies. --Burke.

6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.

Those happy smilets,
That played on her ripe lip. --Shak.

7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] ``Reeling ripe.'' --Shak.

Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See {Mature}.

In the midst of these the ripe and rusty Basilio of Nicolay Ghiaurov, with his imposing Slavonic bigness a potential cuckoo in the nest, was all the more effective for his restraint.
Europe is ripe for some of the cargo services pioneered in the U.S., European airlines and other cargo specialists say.
Last year, for example, Pete had ripe tomatoes two weeks earlier than I did, and more plentiful.
Broad generalizations of this kind make many investors squirm. Any time people start believing grandiose claims about the supposed significance of what the market is doing, veterans of the game start to suspect that stocks are ripe for a fall.
He said he saw "furniture and enormous lumps of metal flying everywhere." "The whole of the buffet car disintegrated," Reeves said. "The roof split open like a ripe tomato and that's how we got out.
Miss Noonan's mere mentioning the need for some such charismatic leader denotes the failure in itself of the reduction in national stature in the past 10 years when she said we "are ripe for a Teddy Roosevelt."
Then, when the time is ripe, it will float.
Given the budgetary burdens farm-support programs now impose, maybe the time is ripe for that as well.
The rules would thus seem to be ripe for change, so the 45-day delay will probably last much longer. Yesterday, before the elections were cancelled, the FIS warned the government of the consequences of such a move.
Why Bother? The secret of living to a ripe old age is to stop doing some of the things that make you want to.
Mr Colin Robinson, chairman, said this allowed Beverley to retain access to its acquisition team, when the time was ripe for expansion.
The time is not ripe to discard it, she said, choosing instead to uphold Missouri regulations limiting abortion rights on narrower grounds.
One issue that is ripe for debate is whether the Robins proposal serves the interests of the creditors and claimants.
He said that "the market is still ripe for picking." In London, equity prices finished significantly weaker, though above the day's worst levels, as the year-end rally continued to unravel.
Having just made a killing out of the lira at the expense of the Bank of Italy, dealers must now think the Bank of England is ripe for similar treatment.
In 1990, the economy may even reaccelerate." Beyond economic circumstances, some observers say the political cycle makes the timing ripe for a business slowdown, if not a recession.
'All indicators now point to the bottom of the market having been reached, with the time ripe for institutional investment,' says Edward Erdman, the chartered surveyor. Signs of a revival in confidence are plentiful, if tentative.
Some analysts also have said that Trustcorp is ripe for a takeover because of the management changes and bad investments.
The program, designed to protect U.S. farmers from losing many of their laborers, is ripe for fraud because it is so simple, INS officials say.
In many ways, Wall Street was an unusually ripe target for computerization.
The system was ripe for the schemes of Gen.
"There's no obvious heir apparent and no family member ripe for stepping in," says a U.S. official.
The ripe stuff is bottled daily and new barrels filled.
Even ripe nectarines are most flavorful at room temperature.
The economic environment has been ripe for a stronger dollar, considering the better-than-expected U.S. trade report for April as well as rising interest rates.
The only debate was whether to kick the campaign off with it or wait for a ripe moment later on.
Some diseases become more prominent or vitally important as more people live to ripe old ages. New technology helps overcome problems, but almost always raises costs.
"The time is ripe for Mr. Gorbachev to respond positively to the opportunities presented by NATO's initiatives.
"The conditions are as ripe as they've never been for progress towards a final comprehensive peace in the area," Hussein said Saturday on CNN's "Evans & Novak" program.
In addition, analysts have been saying for months that the Tokyo market _ the world's largest and richest _ was overpriced and ripe for a "correction."

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