英 [ˌmætʃuˈreɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [ˌmætʃuˈreɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 成熟；化脓；生殖细胞之形成
maturation /ˌmætjʊˈreɪʃən/
不可数名词 The maturation of something such as wine or cheese is the process of its being left for a time to become mature. (葡萄酒或奶酪等的)酿熟过程
The period of maturation is determined by the cellar master.
酿熟期由地窖的主人决定。
不可数名词 The maturation of a young person's body is the process of it becoming like an adult's. (身体的)发育成熟
coming to full development; becoming mature
同义词： ripening / maturement
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
同义词： growth / growing / development / ontogeny / ontogenesis
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
同义词： festering / suppuration
形成-引用次数：35
The sexual reproduction eggs undergo two maturation divisions. Anaphase I started some minutes after laying and emission of the first polar body occur 20 min after egg deposition into the ephippium.
隆线溞雄溞生殖细胞同样经历了2次正常的成熟分裂,第一次为减数分裂,第二次为有丝分裂,形成单倍体的精子。
成熟-引用次数：441
GM-CSF can also induce improve maturation of dendritic cells(DC)and enhance the antigen presenting ability of DC.
而且最近的研究结果表明，GM-CSF可促进树突状细胞的成熟，增强树突状细胞的抗原提呈功能，在临床上可以用于感染性疾病及恶性肿瘤的免疫治疗。
参考来源MIP
化脓-引用次数：2
成熟阶段；精子形成
成熟
熟化-引用次数：5
熟成
后熟
成熟作用
成熟
成熟
发育(development)表示人体功能及技巧的演变，是人体质的改变。包括心智、情绪、感情、能力等诸多方面的改变。成熟(maturation)是指人类在能力上的增进或老化过程。包括生理、心理、社会文化等方面。
... 4.49成熟ripening 4.50后熟maturation 4. 51灭菌sterilization ...
... mensuration 测定, 测量, 测定法, 求积法 maturation 化脓, 成熟 saturation 饱和(状态), 浸润, 浸透, 饱和度 ...
熟成（Maturation）：刚酿造出来的葡萄酒，不论其香气还是口感都十分浓郁和强劲，葡萄酒需要一段时间熟成才会变得柔和，更容易被人接受。
The brain's level of physiological maturation may support these types of memories, but not ones requiring explicit verbal descriptions.
大脑的生理成熟程度可能支持这些类型的记忆，但不支持需要明确的语言描述的那种。
Elkind argues that academic success is largely dependent upon factors out of parents' control, such as inherited abilities and a child's rate of maturation.
艾尔金德认为，学业上的成功很大程度上取决于父母无法控制的因素，比如遗传能力和孩子的成熟速度。
Maturation of the frontal lobes of the brain continues throughout early childhood, and this part of the brain may be critical for remembering particular episodes in ways that can be retrieved later.
儿童的大脑额叶在整个幼儿时期会不断成熟，而这部分大脑对于记忆特定的事件是至关重要的，以后还可以再回忆起这些事件。
It's gone down a path towards maturation that's very difficult to go back up.
它在分化成熟的道路上越走越远,覆水难收了
生物医学工程探索课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Well, one answer is neural maturation, growth of the brain.
答案之一就是神经元的成熟,也就是大脑的发育
心理学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
That process of maturation is called differentiation.
这种细胞成熟的过程称为分化
生物医学工程探索课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
The erosive effects of our maturation create us, sloughing and shedding, dusting and polishing as we grow.
This reflects the maturation of the industry, a phenomenon that has been accelerated for several reasons.
The bill highlights the maturation of e-commerce into an increasing threat to established retailers like Wal-Mart.