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单词 prepare
释义
prepare
verb[IorT]
uk
/prɪˈpeər/us
/prɪˈper/
A2
to make or get something or someonereadyfor something that willhappenin thefuture:
准备，预备；把…准备好，使预备好
Have you preparedforyourinterview?你作好面试的准备了吗？
She'll prepare thefoodaheadoftimeandfreezeit.她会提前准备好食物并冷冻起来。
Thiscoursepreparesstudentsformiddleandseniormanagerialpositions.这门课旨在使学生在将来能够胜任中、高级管理职位。
[+ obj + to infinitive]Are theplayersmentallyandphysicallypreparedtoplayatoughgame?运动员们是否已经在思想上和体能上对这场艰苦的比赛作好了准备？
Themealtook twohoursto prepare.准备这顿饭花了两个小时。
B1
toexpectthat something willhappenand to bereadyfor it:
（在思想上或心理上）作好准备；防范
[+ to infinitive]Italmostseemsas if she is preparingtodie.看来她好像已经作好了赴死的准备。
You need to prepareyourselfforalongwait.你需要作好长时间等待的准备。
More examples
  • I wasbusilypreparing fortheirarrival.
  • The sixth-formstudentsare preparing to taketheirAlevels.
  • I don'tthinkyouappreciatehow muchtimeIspentpreparing thismeal.
  • Flushed withsuccessaftertheirsurprisewinagainst Italy, Belgium are preparing for Saturday'sgameagainst Spain.
  • I hadn't prepared aspeechso I just said a few words off thecuff.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • batten down the hatchesidiom
  • breaksomeonein
  • bug-out bag
  • build(someone/something)up
  • dig
  • gear(someone/something)up
  • gearsomethingto/towardssomeone/something
  • get/have your ducks in a rowidiom
  • gird
  • girdyourselfidiom
  • lay
  • prep
  • preparation
  • prime
  • roll upyoursleevesidiom
  • setsomethingup
  • set the scene/stageidiom
  • suit
  • tune
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Idiom

prepare the ground
(Definition ofpreparefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

prepare| American Dictionary

prepare
verb[I/T]
us
/prɪˈpeər/
to make or get something or someonereadyfor something that willhappenin thefuture:
[T]Keane is preparing afilmversionof theplay.
[I]The Southeast prepared for theworstas thehurricaneturnedtoward the Atlanticcoast.

preparatory

adjective[not gradable]us
/prɪˈpær·əˌtɔr·i,-ˈpeər-,ˈprep·ər·ə-,-ˌtoʊr·i/
Plans forbuildinga newschoolare under way, but sofaronly in the preparatorystage.

preparedness

noun[U]us
/prɪˈpeər·ɪd·nəs/
earthquakepreparedness

Idiom

be prepared todo something
(Definition ofpreparefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprepare

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The attentiveness of the nurse and the nourishment she prepares is for the sake of a sick person, a patient.
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Nonetheless, it appears that moral orthodoxy, as defined by what the public is prepared to accept, is on the side of the animal experimentalists.
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I have people that help with preparing my meals, but nobody feeds me.
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Instead, let us redouble our efforts and be prepared to sail this new, complex, perverse, destructive, fascinating, cherished river whose name is still pediatric cardiology!
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The stems were prepared as described above, and infested with prey as for the mixed prey density treatment (iv) previously described.
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The miners were prepared to resort, if not to violence, then to acts of civil disobedience and incursions onto contested land.
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The problem was no one was prepared to see what his vitals showed.
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Fewer hospital staff seem prepared to accept long-stay patients as one of their functions.
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They seem to have been prepared to handle anything (zakka, miscellaneous goods).
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Nothing in my small life had prepared me for this.
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Unless the architectural profession and schools of architecture are prepared to look outwards, our standing in research could slip ever lower.
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The landlord once suggested that a relative of his would be prepared to swap property with the tenants.
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Farmers were prepared to accept some late blight in tubers if other characteristics were favourable.
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Beds were prepared by tractor and were 25 cm in height.
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Their plans fell through because they hadn't prepared well enough.
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