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1 ripe fruit or crops are fully grown and ready to eat [反：unripe]
eg. Those tomatoes aren't ripe yet.
2 be ripe for sth: to be ready for a change to happen, esp when it should have happened sooner
eg. The police forces are ripe for reform.
3 the time is ripe (for sth): used to say it is a very suitable time for sth to happen, esp when it should have happened sooner
eg. The time is ripe for a review of progress up to now.
Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures, but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
element n.
1 a small amount of a quality or feeling 少量;有点;有些 an element of surprise/risk/truth
eg. Perhaps there was some element of jealousy.
eg. There is an element of truth in what she said.
2 a single part which combines with others to make up a whole 构成部分 e.g. the basic elements of a job
3 the first and most important things 基础;基本原理
e.g. The elements of physics are difficult to grasp.
4 Both hydrogen and oxygen are elements.
