the point at which a plan or project is realized (计划,方案)实现的时刻 the plans have come to fruition rather sooner than expected. 计划的实现提前了不少时间。 ■[in sing.]the realization of a plan or project (计划、方案的)实现,完成 new methods will come with the fruition of that research. 随着那个研究的完成,新的方法即将产生。
(poetic/literary)the state or action of producing fruit (诗/文)结果实(的状态)
语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'enjoyment'): via Old French from late Latin fruitio(n-), from frui 'enjoy' (see fruit); the current senses (dating from the late 19th cent.) arose by association with fruit