be ripe for something

READYto be ready for a change to happen, especially when it should have happened sooner 适宜做某事，做某事条件成熟

The police forces are ripe for reform.

改革警察队伍的时机已经成熟。

The former dock area is ripe for development.

这片昔日的码头区可以开发了。

Examples from the Corpus

be ripe for something• The time is ripe for an attempt to weaken his position.• Within six months, they in turn would be ripe for constructive torment by Lexandro's peers.• Whatever precautions a father takes, when the daughter is ripe for it, puberty will set in.• The time was ripe for major change.• The job search took him seven years, and by that time he was ripe for retirement.• If ever a songwriting team were ripe for revival, it's Bacharach and David.• Again frustrated, the two were ripe for the monetary stability Clive Davis could offer.• Gore is ripe for the plucking.• In other words, expect whispers that he is ripe for voluntary retirement in an autumn reshuffle.

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