1 ADJ-GRADED (水果、谷物等)成熟的 Ripe fruit or grain is fully grown and ready to eat. (水果、谷物等)成熟的
SYN ripened, seasoned, ready, mature
2 ADJ-GRADED (时机)成熟的,适宜的 If a situation is ripe for a particular development or event, you mean that development or event is likely to happen soon. (时机)成熟的,适宜的
SYN right, fit, ready, suitable
3 PHRASE (活到)高龄 If someone lives to a ripe old age, they live until they are very old. (活到)高龄
4 PHRASE [usually verb-link PHRASE] 唾手可得;得到…易如反掌 If something is ripe for picking or ripe for plucking, it will be very easy to obtain. 唾手可得;得到…易如反掌
5 PHRASE [VERB inflects, oft PHR for n, PHRASE to-infinitive] 时机已经成熟 If you say the time is ripe, you mean that a suitable time has arrived for something to be done. 时机已经成熟
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He told reporters that he thought the time was ripe for a normalisation of relations.
他告诉记者他认为是时候恢复两国间正常关系。
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The British Foreign Office has decided the time is ripe to send its first female ambassador to the region.
英国外交部作出决定现在可以向该地区派驻第一位女大使。
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