ripen是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 使熟 vi. 成熟，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Yet I am certain that he does not wish their intimacy to ripen into love, and I have several times observed that he has taken pains to prevent them from being t脣聠te-芒聙娄-t脣聠te.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And the ploughing of the further land to go on without a break so as to let it ripen lying fallow.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I did that last night,' said Uriah; 'but it'll ripen yet!It only wantsattending to.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- We shall make our bed of dried leaves; the sun will shine on us as on man and will ripen our food.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The air that would be healthful to the earth, the water that would enrich it, the heat that would ripen it, tear it when caged up.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A little more sunshine to ripen the nut, then, not a boy's im-patient shake, but a man's hand reached up to pick it gently from the burr, and find the kernal sound and sweet.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- However, as my arable land was but small, suited to my crop, I got it totally well fenced in about three weeks' time; and shooting some of the creatures in the daytime, I set my dog to guard it in the night, tying him up to a stake at the gate, where he would stand and bark all night long; so in a little time the enemies forsook the place, and the corn grew very strong and well, and began to ripen apace.
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