Not ready yet. We use `unripe` mostly about fruit and grain that has not finished growing sweet and soft — an unripe banana is still green and hard, an unripe mango makes your mouth pucker.

Not ready yet還沒準備好、還沒到時候。We use \`unripe\` mostly about fruit and grain我們主要用 unripe 講水果和穀物 that has not finished growing sweet and soft還沒長到甜軟的程度——an unripe banana is still green and hard未熟的香蕉還是綠的、硬的，an unripe mango makes your mouth pucker未熟的芒果會讓你嘴巴皺起來（酸澀）。

The word carries a small judgement with it: unripe fruit is not just young, it is not good to eat *yet*. That 'yet' matters. Nobody says an unripe apple is bad the way rotten fruit is bad; they mean you came too early.

The word carries a small judgement with it這個字帶著一點小小的評價：unripe fruit is not just young未熟的水果不只是「還年輕」，it is not good to eat *yet*而是還不好吃、還不到時候。That 'yet' matters這個「yet（還）」很重要。Nobody says an unripe apple is bad the way rotten fruit is bad沒有人會像說爛掉的水果那樣說未熟的蘋果「壞了」；they mean you came too early他們的意思是你來得太早了。

Farmers also talk about unripe grain — wheat or rice still green in the field, too soft to harvest.

Farmers also talk about unripe grain農夫也會講 unripe grain（未熟的穀物）——wheat or rice still green in the field還在田裡是綠色的小麥或稻子，too soft to harvest太軟還不能收割。

People stretch it to people and plans, though this feels literary rather than everyday. An unripe idea is one that needs more time before you show it to anyone. You will meet this stretched use in writing more than in speech; if a Taiwanese student says it in conversation, it sounds a little poetic, which may be exactly what you want or may not.

People stretch it to people and plans人們也會把這個字延伸用在人和計畫上，though this feels literary rather than everyday不過這感覺比較文學，不太日常。An unripe idea is one that needs more time before you show it to anyone一個 unripe idea（未成熟的想法）就是還需要再多點時間，才能拿給別人看的想法。You will meet this stretched use in writing more than in speech這種延伸用法你在寫作裡會比在口語裡更常碰到；if a Taiwanese student says it in conversation如果台灣學生在對話裡這樣說，it sounds a little poetic聽起來會有點詩意，which may be exactly what you want or may not這可能正是你要的效果，也可能不是。

One quiet thing about how it is really used: in Taiwan we eat plenty of fruit deliberately unripe — green mango with plum powder, hard guava — and English does not really have a friendly word for that. `Unripe` still sounds like a complaint even when you are happy about it. If you mean it as a good thing you usually have to say so: 'I like green mango when it's still unripe and sour.'

One quiet thing about how it is really used關於這個字實際怎麼用，有件不太被說出來的事：in Taiwan we eat plenty of fruit deliberately unripe在台灣我們常常故意吃還沒熟的水果——green mango with plum powder沾梅粉的青芒果，hard guava硬硬的芭樂——and English does not really have a friendly word for that而英文其實沒有一個帶好感的字可以講這件事。\`Unripe\`Unripe still sounds like a complaint even when you are happy about it就算你其實很開心，聽起來還是像在抱怨。If you mean it as a good thing如果你是想表達正面的意思 you usually have to say so通常得直接說清楚：'I like green mango when it's still unripe and sour.'「I like green mango when it's still unripe and sour（我喜歡芒果還沒熟、酸酸的時候）」。