Humans take longer to mature than most other animals She matured her novel by constant revision 2. adj. fully grown and developed The human brain isn't fully mature until about age 25 CF: mature, adult grown-up 这些形容词均有“成年的,成熟的”之意。 mature用于人时,指达到了生命的黄金时期,比较成熟了,但所暗示的青少 年和成年之间的界限不明显。例如 adut一般指生理上的童年期已结束,到达成人的阶段。 grown-up多用于口语,含义与adut基本相同,但更强调脱离儿童阶段,已 长大成人。例如 10. (Para. 4)haul pull oneself up by one's(own) bootstraps: improve oneself or one's situation by one's own efforts, without help from anyone else I respect anyone who hauls / pulls himself up by his own bootstraps. 11. (Para. 4)consciousness: n the condition of being awake and able to understand what is happening around you Consciousness did not return to the injured man for two hours. (插入声音文件 consciousness) (David lost consciousness at eight o'clock and died a few hours later. Collocations: lose consciousness 丧失知觉 regaIn/ recover consciousness恢复知觉 12.(Para. 5)nurse sb. I sth. through(sth ) take special care of sb. or esp. during a difficult situation He bought the hotel in 1927 and managed to nurse it through the depression 66 Humans take longer to mature than most other animals. She matured her novel by constant revision. 2. adj. fully grown and developed The human brain isn’t fully mature until about age 25. CF: mature, adult & grown-up 这些形容词均有“成年的，成熟的”之意。 mature 用于人时，指达到了生命的黄金时期，比较成熟了，但所暗示的青少 年和成年之间的界限不明显。例如: adult 一般指生理上的童年期已结束，到达成人的阶段。 grown-up 多用于口语，含义与 adult 基本相同，但更强调脱离儿童阶段，已 长大成人。例如: 10. (Para. 4) haul / pull oneself up by one’s (own) bootstraps: improve oneself or one’s situation by one’s own efforts, without help from anyone else I respect anyone who hauls / pulls himself up by his own bootstraps. 11. (Para. 4 ) consciousness: n. the condition of being awake and able to understand what is happening around you Consciousness did not return to the injured man for two hours. (插入声音文件 consciousness) (=David lost consciousness at eight o’clock and died a few hours later.) Collocations: lose consciousness 丧失知觉 regain / recover consciousness 恢复知觉 12. (Para. 5) nurse sb. / sth. through (sth.): take special care of sb. or sth., esp. during a difficult situation He bought the hotel in 1927 and managed to nurse it through the depression