prepare

英[prɪˈpeə(r)]美[prɪˈper]

v.把…准备好，为…做准备，预备饭菜，调制；

第三人称单数：prepares;

过去式：prepared;

过去分词：prepared;

现在分词：preparing;

例句

Although he thought he was helping us prepare dinner, he was only in the way.虽然他认为他在帮我们准备饭, 但他只是碍手碍脚。

The defence lawyers asked for another week to prepare their case.辩护律师要求再给他们一周时间准备案件。

You shouldn't have troubled yourself to prepare such a feast!你不该准备这样丰盛的饭菜, 这样太麻烦你了。

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.[谚语]寄予乐观的希望，作*坏的准备。

After the harvest, the peasants began to prepare the soil for seed.收割后, 农民就开始整地以便播种。

Time to prepare was a luxuary he would have to forgo.因为时间不够，他不得不放弃做准备工作。

Prepare to alight, for we are almost there.我们马上要到了, 准备下车吧。

He had failed to prepare adequately for the task before him.他没有为面临的任务做充分的准备。

In peace prepare for war.居安思危出自：英语名言

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.作*好的希望，作*坏的打算。出自：英语谚语

英语六级真题

There are also dozens of summer camps—many attached to universities—that aim to prepare elite math students.

The cycle continues: Poorer parents have less time and fewer resources to invest in their children, which can leave children less prepared for school and work, which leads to lower earnings.

Students attend after-school clubs, summer camps, online forums and classes and university-based math circles, to prepare for the competitions.

We have everything to gain by encouraging them to explore the world beyond their immediate experience and to prepare themselves for their turn at shaping that world.

Hunt through the reports prepared by UN agencies and development groups—many for conferences such as this year's Millennium Goals review—and you will find that the linkage between environmental protection and economic progress is a common thread.

117 With Russia's help, Belarus is preparing to build its first Antarctic base.

Now, she attributes much of her understanding of college to that: But once I got to campus, it was a completely different ball game that no one really prepared me for.

It fails to prepare students to face the challenges of modem times.

Across the board, American colleges and universities are not doing a very good job of preparing their students for the workplace or their post-graduation lives.

What do you actually do and how do you prepare for your job?If sheer numbers provide any proof, Americans’ universities are the envy of the world.

For example, universities could incorporate IDPs into their graduate curricula to help students discuss, plan, prepare for, and achieve their long-term career goals.

The Three-Year Solution Hartwick College, a small liberal-arts school in upstate New York, makes New York, makes this offer to well prepared students: earn your undergraduate degree in three years instead of four, and save about 543,000—the amount of one year's tuition and fees

They help prepare students for their professional careers.

You can prepare for a negotiation quite scientifically, but the execution of the negotiation has quite a lot to do with one's artistic quality.

The woman is going to prepare the dinner

But you have to be prepared for a long wait, maybe up to two years.

Perhaps, the study speculated, having a white roommate helps academically prepared black students adjust to a predominantly white university.

Cancel the trip to prepare for the test.

Prepare for the test after the wedding

Put more effort into preparing for the presentation.

But you see, those governments are preparing to pour money into the transport system to keep it going.

The plane, a Boeing 737, taking German holiday makers to the island crashed into a hillside as it circled while preparing to land.

As he prepared the speech, Juan kept asking himself, "How can I make this clear and meaningful to someone who knows nothing about earthquakes or geological principles?

He also prepared visual aids, diagramming photo line, so his classmates wouldn't get confused

Be sure to attend all classes and leave enough time to finish assignments and prepare well for examinations.

But, he says extreme events become disasters only when people fail to prepare for them.

Evolutionarily speaking, people in this age group are at a stage in which they can prepare to find a mate and start their own family while separating from parents and striking out on their own.

On the exercise’s website, officials explain that the report they prepare during this rehearsal will inform disaster management for years to come.

Students attend after-school clubs, summer camps, online forums and classes and university-based "math circles," to prepare for the competitions.

You have a little time to do research, prepare technical expressions and so on.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

把…准备好；使预备好

If you prepare something, you make it ready for something that is going to happen.

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VERB

为…做准备；筹备

If you prepare for an event or action that will happen soon, you get yourself ready for it or make the necessary arrangements.

例句

VERB

准备（食物）；做（饭菜）

When you prepare food, you get it ready to be eaten, for example by cooking it.

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英汉词典释义

vt.

准备

预备（饭菜）；做（饭）

调制，配制（药品等）

使（自己）有准备；防范

使适合；使习惯于；锻炼(身体等)；训练

配备；装备

给…进行预备教育(或训练)

起草；制订；写出；编纂

【音乐】(音)准备调整，调音；以序音渐渐引入

vt. & vi.

筹备, 进行各项准备工作

做好思想准备

英英词典释义

Verb

1. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;

2. prepare for eating by applying heat;

3. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery;

4. arrange by systematic planning and united effort;

5. prepare (someone) for a future role or function;

6. create by training and teaching;

7. lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord;

8. undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession;