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fruition

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fru·i·tion /fruˈɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] 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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fruitionI 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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fruition
fruition /fruˈɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] formal
 Word Family: noun: fruit, fruition, fruiterer; adjective: fruitfulfruitless, fruity; verb: fruit; adverb: fruitfullyfruitlessly
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: French
 Origin: Late Latin fruitio, from Latin fructus; fruit1
if a plan, project etc comes to fruition, it is successfully put into action and completed, often after a long process
    come to/bring to/reach fruition
    His proposals only came to fruition after the war.
    Many people have worked together to bring this scheme to fruition.


fru·itionBrE /fruˈɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /fruˈɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) the successful result of a plan, a process or an activity (计划、过程或活动的)完成,实现,取得成果After months of hard work, our plans finally came to fruition. 经过几个月的艰苦工作,我们的计划终于完成了。🔊🔊His extravagant ideas were never brought to fruition. 他不切实际的想法从来都没有实现过。🔊🔊