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单词 ready
释义
ready
adjective
uk
/ˈred.i/us
/ˈred.i/

readyadjective(PREPARED)

A1
preparedandsuitableforfastactivity:
准备好的，有准备的；现成的；方便使用的
[+ to infinitive]Are you readytoleave?你准备好离开了吗？
Are you readytoorder,Madam?现在可以点菜了吗，女士？
Okay, Evie, readywhen you are(= I am ready to do what we havearranged).好了，埃薇，我都准备好了，就等你了。
Dinner's ready!可以吃晚饭了！
Are you ready? Hurry up - we're late.准备好了吗？快点——我们都晚了。
We'releavingat eight o'clock, so you've gothalfanhourtogetready.我们8点钟出发，所以你还有半个小时准备。
Thearmyare said to be readyforaction.据说军队已经做好准备随时采取行动。
Theconcerthallwasmade/gotready(=prepared)fortheperformance.音乐厅已为这场演出准备妥当。
ready and waiting
waitingandpreparedtoact:
准备好并等待着；准备好随时行动
Secretinformationallowedthepoliceto be ready andwaitingwhen therobberscame out of thebank.由于得到秘密线报，警方布下埋伏，等着劫匪从银行出来自投罗网。
More examples
  • If you're near thegarage, could youchecktoseeif the car's ready?
  • Well, hewantsthereportready bytomorrowbut I can alwaysfobhim off with someexcuse.
  • She had to get thekidsready forschool.
  • The way things are, I'll never have this ready byJune.
  • Theemergencyservicesare ready tospringintoactionat a moment'snotice.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Available and accessible
  • accessibility
  • accessible
  • atyourcommandidiom
  • availability
  • available
  • drop
  • nothing
  • obtainable
  • offer
  • on callidiom
  • on demandidiom
  • on handidiom
  • on/aboutyourpersonidiom
  • release
  • season
  • unfrozen
  • unlock
  • unobtainable
  • up for grabsidiom
  • vacant
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Ready and willing
Waiting

readyadjective(QUICK)

[before noun]mainlyapproving
quickwithanswers,jokes,solutions, etc.:
快的；机敏的；灵敏的
He had a readyreplyto everyquestion.他对所有的问题都对答如流。
He wascharming, with a readywit(= theabilitytoquicklysaycleverandfunnythings).他很有魅力，而且机智风趣。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Intelligence
  • acuity
  • acumen
  • agility
  • apt
  • aptness
  • grey matter
  • gumption
  • highbrow
  • horse sense
  • imaginative
  • penetrating
  • perceptive
  • percipient
  • perspicacious
  • perspicacity
  • presence of mind
  • profundity
  • quick-witted
  • resource
  • subtlety
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Idioms

be ready to dosomething
be ready to roll
ready to hand
ready, steady, go!
ready
noun
uk
/ˈred.i/us
/ˈred.i/
at the ready
preparedto be used or toactimmediately:
准备好；可随时使用；可随时采取行动
Hestoodby thephone,pencilat the ready.他准备好了铅笔，站在电话旁。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ready and willing
  • agreeable
  • amenable
  • atsomeone'sbeck and callidiom
  • atyourcommandidiom
  • be chafing at the bitidiom
  • beck
  • command
  • eager
  • eagerly
  • fain
  • find it inyourheart to dosomethingidiom
  • finger
  • gamely
  • keen
  • poised
  • prepared
  • raring
  • readily
  • readiness
  • shape
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(Definition ofreadyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

ready| American Dictionary

ready
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈred·i/

readyadjective[not gradable](PREPARED)

preparedandsuitableforactionor use:
Dinner is ready.
Thetwinsare getting ready forbed.
[+ to infinitive]I’m ready to go now.
[+ to infinitive]"Are you ready toorder?" thewaiterasked.

readyadjective[not gradable](WILLING)

willing:
Myfriendsare always ready tohelpme out.

readyadjective[not gradable](QUICK)

quick,esp. inansweringor inthinkingof what to say:
He had a readyreplyto everyquestion.
(Definition ofreadyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

ready| Business English

ready
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈredi/us
availableto be used at anytime:
areadysource/supply
ready cash/moneyinformal
moneythat isavailableto bespentimmediately:
Ademandby thecourttopaythetaxclaimimmediatelywoulddestroythefirmbecause it does not have enough readycash.
(Definition ofreadyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofready

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We do not know, however, whether these figures were readied in every case.
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The reservists in such hybrid battalions should have a commitment similar to the old ever-readies.
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They readied a stage in their proceedings when they thought that a special inquiry would be useful.
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The third stage is readied when work is taken away from them compulsorily.
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If one of the panels by a majority dissents from the other three, then agreement is not readied.
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I hope that a decision will be readied very shortly.
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In consequence paint manufacturers who have specialised in paints suitable for war purposes will in many cases have readied record turnover figures.
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Although one individual might be able to afford a case costing him £5,000, he might find it much more difficult to produce the readies for a case costing him £100,000.
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We have readied a perfect state of things in the railway world, wherein a man or woman charged with wrongful conduct has to be informed of the complaint.
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People werereadyto combine efforts to obstruct any further act of (re)presentation in order to prevent their loss of control over it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, as the vehicle was readied for production, this emphasis on tractor-like usage decreased and the centre steering proved impractical in use.
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We play a few games until the supper isready.
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We are nowreadyto assign triangles to segments.
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We are nowreadyto obtain the final contradiction.
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We arereadyto prove the main step in the upper bound.
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