HOUSE OF THE DRAGON · 第 1 季
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ripe
/rˈaɪp/B1
成熟的 / 時機成熟的 (adj.)
原指果實成熟，這裡引申為「易於奪取的、時機成熟的」。`ripe for the capture` 意思是這片富饒的土地已經萬事俱備，只等去佔領。
they tell us that Aegon looked across the Blackwater from Dragonstone,
saw a rich land ripe for the capture.
But ambition alone is not what drove him to conquest.