bear fruit

a) SUCCEED IN DOING somethingif a plan, decision etc bears fruit, it is successful, especially after a long period of time 〔尤指计划、决定等经过长时间之后〕有成果，成功

Charles’s diplomacy eventually bore fruit.

查尔斯的外交手段终于取得了成果。

b) HBPTAif a tree bears fruit, it produces fruit 〔树〕结果

Examples from the Corpus

bear fruit• The boys remained optimistic that their musical career might bear fruit.• Some investment does not bear fruit.• The first is that the policies have largely been implemented as intended and that they are bearing fruit.• Then he continued to the town with the apple tree and told the townsman how to make the tree bear fruit again.• However, these plants will not bear fruit as a rule.• It bears fruit continuously throughout the growing season.• The campaign for debt relief will not bear fruit for another two or three years.• The project may not begin to bear fruit for at least two years.• The years of work and attention were bearing fruit now, and suddenly this stroke of luck with Betty.• Never would she let the earth bear fruit until she had seen her daughter.• Networking A development which seems likely to bear fruit was the creation of a working party from within the panel.

→ bear fruit at bear1(4)

单词	bear fruit
释义	bear fruit bear fruit a) SUCCEED IN DOING somethingif a plan, decision etc bears fruit, it is successful, especially after a long period of time 〔尤指计划、决定等经过长时间之后〕有成果，成功 Charles’s diplomacy eventually bore fruit. 查尔斯的外交手段终于取得了成果。 b) HBPTAif a tree bears fruit, it produces fruit 〔树〕结果 Examples from the Corpus bear fruit• The boys remained optimistic that their musical career might bear fruit.• Some investment does not bear fruit.• The first is that the policies have largely been implemented as intended and that they are bearing fruit.• Then he continued to the town with the apple tree and told the townsman how to make the tree bear fruit again.• However, these plants will not bear fruit as a rule.• It bears fruit continuously throughout the growing season.• The campaign for debt relief will not bear fruit for another two or three years.• The project may not begin to bear fruit for at least two years.• The years of work and attention were bearing fruit now, and suddenly this stroke of luck with Betty.• Never would she let the earth bear fruit until she had seen her daughter.• Networking A development which seems likely to bear fruit was the creation of a working party from within the panel. → bear fruit at bear1(4)
随便看	suspended in suspended in something suspended in sth suspended-sentence suspended sentence suspendedsentence suspended sentences suspender suspender-belt suspender belt suspenderbelt suspender belts suspendered suspenders suspending suspend judgment suspends suspense suspenseful suspensefully suspensefulness suspenseless suspension suspension-bridge suspension bridge