maturity

• n. 成熟；到期；完備

來自mature,成熟的，-ity,名詞後綴。

maturity (n.)

early 15c., "maturity of character;" mid-15c., "ripeness," from Middle French maturité and directly from Latin maturitatem (nominative maturitas) "ripeness," from maturus "ripe" (see mature (v.)). Financial sense "state of being due for payment" is from 1815.

1. Lacking self-confidence and maturity, many teenagers are left feeling very vulnerable.

許多十幾歲的孩子既缺乏自信又不夠懂事，所以感情上十分脆弱。

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2. Girls generally reach sexual maturity two years earlier than boys.

通常女孩性發育成熟要比男孩早兩年。

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3. Customers are told what their policies will be worth on maturity.

客戶被告知保險單到期時的價值。

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4. His behaviour spoke of an early maturity.

他的舉止流露出早熟的痕跡。

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5. We stop growing at maturity.

我們成年之後不再長個兒。

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