英语词汇“maturity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

maturity

(mətjʊərɪti )

Word forms: maturities

1. uncountable noun

Maturity is the state of being fully developed or adult.

Humans experience a delayed maturity; we arrive at all stages of life later than other mammals.

Synonyms: adulthood, majority, completion, puberty

2. uncountable noun

Someone's maturity is their quality of being fully developed in their personality and emotional behaviour.

Her speech showed great maturity and humanity.

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

3. variable noun

When an investment such as a savings policy or pension plan reaches maturity, it reaches the stage when you stop paying money and the company pays you back the money you have saved, and the interest your money has earned. [business]

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

Treasury bonds have maturities that extend out as far as 25 years or more.

Collocations:

debt maturity

Yes, the debt maturity roadblock doesn't arrive until 2022.

Times,Sunday Times

The debt maturities are being extended in the hope of turning the companies into cash generators.

Times, Sunday Times

It said that its debt maturities are about ¤3.8 billion in 2009 and ¤5.6 billion in 2010, adding that it was increasing its share buyback scheme by half this year.

Times, Sunday Times

A recent $800 million bond issue had pushed all its debt maturities out to late 2021.

Times, Sunday Times

intellectual maturity

Three areas of life need greater discipline: nobility of spirit, stability of emotion, and intellectual maturity.

Christianity Today

Their early correspondence - remarkably sophisticated for people barely out of adolescence - reflects their intellectual maturity and ideological fervour.

The Times Literary Supplement

They will also make a careful assessment of any suspect's intellectual maturity.

Times, Sunday Times

His teaching methods were aimed at accelerating the student's emotional and intellectual maturity, rather than encouraging a reliance on a store of subject knowledge.

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lack maturity

While her behaviour may occasionally lack maturity, her work exhibits standards of the highest ethical order.

Times, Sunday Times

Accused of lacking maturity away from the pitch, this was a partial antidote.

Times, Sunday Times

That, to all intents and purposes, has been fractured as players have become part of a high-performance culture, rich in monetary terms but isolated and lacking maturity and judgment.

Times, Sunday Times

Translations:

Chinese: 发育成熟

Japanese: 成熟

单词	maturity
释义	maturity (mətjʊərɪti ) Word forms: maturities 1. uncountable noun Maturity is the state of being fully developed or adult. Humans experience a delayed maturity; we arrive at all stages of life later than other mammals. Synonyms: adulthood, majority, completion, puberty 2. uncountable noun Someone's maturity is their quality of being fully developed in their personality and emotional behaviour. Her speech showed great maturity and humanity. Lacking self-confidence and maturity, many teenagers are left feeling very vulnerable. 3. variable noun When an investment such as a savings policy or pension plan reaches maturity, it reaches the stage when you stop paying money and the company pays you back the money you have saved, and the interest your money has earned. [business] Customers are told what their policies will be worth on maturity. Treasury bonds have maturities that extend out as far as 25 years or more. Collocations: debt maturity Yes, the debt maturity roadblock doesn't arrive until 2022. Times,Sunday Times The debt maturities are being extended in the hope of turning the companies into cash generators. Times, Sunday Times It said that its debt maturities are about ¤3.8 billion in 2009 and ¤5.6 billion in 2010, adding that it was increasing its share buyback scheme by half this year. Times, Sunday Times A recent $800 million bond issue had pushed all its debt maturities out to late 2021. Times, Sunday Times intellectual maturity Three areas of life need greater discipline: nobility of spirit, stability of emotion, and intellectual maturity. Christianity Today Their early correspondence - remarkably sophisticated for people barely out of adolescence - reflects their intellectual maturity and ideological fervour. The Times Literary Supplement They will also make a careful assessment of any suspect's intellectual maturity. Times, Sunday Times His teaching methods were aimed at accelerating the student's emotional and intellectual maturity, rather than encouraging a reliance on a store of subject knowledge. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 lack maturity While her behaviour may occasionally lack maturity, her work exhibits standards of the highest ethical order. Times, Sunday Times Accused of lacking maturity away from the pitch, this was a partial antidote. Times, Sunday Times That, to all intents and purposes, has been fractured as players have become part of a high-performance culture, rich in monetary terms but isolated and lacking maturity and judgment. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 发育成熟 Japanese: 成熟
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