matureの意味・使い方・発音

mature

英 [mə'tʃʊə] 美 [mə'tʃʊr]

成熟した, 成人した

ラテン語のmaturare「熟し始める、ひび割れ始める」から。PIE*ma「良い、良い時間」が語源で、語源的にはmatins, matineeと同じ。元々は果物が熟すことに使われ、後に語源的に人が成人することに派生した。

mature: mature: [15] ‘Earliness’ is the etymological notion underlying the word mature. It goes back ultimately to a pre-Latin base *mātu-, which produced the Latin adjective mātūrus ‘timely, early’, direct source of the English word (in Old French mātūrus became mur ‘ripe’, which played a part in the emergence of English demure). Another Latin derivative of *mātu- was Mātūta, the name of the Roman goddess of the dawn. From this in turn was derived the adjective mātūtīnus ‘of the morning’, source of English matins [13] and matutinal ‘of the morning’ [17].
=> demure, matins
mature (v.): late 14c., "encourage suppuration;" mid-15c. "bring to maturity," from Latin maturare "to ripen, bring to maturity," from maturus "ripe, timely, early," related to manus "good" and mane "early, of the morning," from PIE root *ma- (1) "good," with derivatives meaning "occurring at a good moment, timely, seasonable, early." Meaning "come or bring to maturity" is from 1620s. The financial sense of "reach the time for payment" is from 1861. Related: Matured; maturing.
mature (adj.): mid-15c., "ripe," also "careful, well-considered," from Latin maturus "ripe, timely, early" (see mature (v.)).

1. These plants are then pollinated and allowed to mature and produce seed.: その後、これらの植物は受粉され、成熟して実を結ぶ。

2.Some adolescents might be more sexually mature and provocative than others.: 同世代よりも性的に成熟し、挑発的な青少年もいるかもしれない。

3.The caterpillars tunnel into the fruit to grow and mature .: 毛虫は果実に潜り込み、そこで成虫として成長する。

4.It 's a team packed with experienced and mature professionals.: そのグループには経験のある成熟した専門家たちがいます。

5.He wanted to introduce mature people with leadership qualities.: リーダーシップのある成熟した人材を導入したいと考えています。