mindmap root((成熟)) mature in its basic application to living things, stresses fullness of growth and attainment of adult characteristics: ~ed nicely during her college years. develop stresses the unfolding of what is latent and the attainment of what is possible to the species and potential to the individual: a child who had not yet ~ed a cynical outlook. ripen emphasizes the approach to or attainment of the peak of perfection: bided his time, waiting for his hatred to ~. approach接近to come near to age may equal mature when applied to the young but more often it implies approach to the period of decline or decay: wine and cheese improve as they ~.