fruition

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fru·i·tion /fruˈɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU] formal

RESULTif a plan, project etc comes to fruition, it is successfully put into action and completed, often after a long process 〔计划、项目等的〕实现，完成

come to/bring to/reach fruition

His proposals only came to fruition after the war.

他的提议直到战后才得以实现。

Many people have worked together to bring this scheme to fruition.

在许多人的共同努力下，这一计划得以实现。

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fruition• I am more than a little confident that its fruition will be more than evident before the last kick of the season.• None of these visionary schemes for Niagara ever reached fruition, but one Utopian dreamer did achieve his objective.• All too often, the antecedents of revolution are separated by more than a human lifespan from their fruition.• The technical difficulty in bringing the changes to fruition says something about how dramatic they are.• And while they were away, he would allow her little dream to come to fruition.

Origin fruition

(1400-1500) French Late Latin fruitio, from Latin fructus; → FRUIT1

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