When fruit or vegetables are ripe, they are ready to eat — sweet enough, soft enough, at their best. Overripe means they have gone past that point and become too soft.

When fruit or vegetables are ripe當水果或蔬菜熟了 they are ready to eat他們就可以吃了 sweet enough, soft enough, at their best夠甜、夠軟，是最好吃的時候 Overripe過熟 means指的是 they have gone past that point他們已經過了那個時候 and become too soft變得太軟

The banana is brown and mushy; the peach bruises if you barely hold it; the tomato collapses in your hand.

The banana香蕉 is brown and mushy是黑黑爛爛的 the peach桃子 bruises if you barely hold it輕輕一碰就瘀青 the tomato番茄 collapses in your hand一拿在手上就爛掉

You can still cook with overripe fruit — banana bread loves it — but eating it as it is can feel too sweet, too soft, a bit past nice. People use this mainly of food from plants, not of meat. Shops mark the price down; some cooks look for it on purpose.

You can still cook with overripe fruit你還是可以用過熟的水果來做菜 banana bread loves it香蕉蛋糕就很愛用 but但是 eating it as it is直接吃 can feel可能會覺得 too sweet, too soft, a bit past nice太甜、太軟，好吃過了頭 People人們 use this mainly of food from plants用這個字主要是指植物類的食物 not of meat不是肉 Shops店家 mark the price down會把價格降下來 some cooks有些廚師 look for it on purpose反而故意找過熟的來用

Though actually, overripe is not the same as rotten. Rotten has gone bad and you throw it away. Overripe is still food, just too far along.

Though actually不過其實 overripe過熟 is not the same as rotten跟腐爛不一樣 Rotten腐爛 has gone bad是壞掉了 and you throw it away你會把它丟掉 Overripe過熟 is still food仍然是食物 just too far along只是熟過頭了