preparations

英 [ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃənz]

美 [ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃənz]

n.  准备; 预备; 准备工作; (医药、化妆品等)配制品，制剂
preparation的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 准备；预备；筹备
  Preparationis the process of getting something ready for use or for a particular purpose or making arrangements for something.
  1. Rub the surface of the wood in preparation for the varnish...
     打磨木头的表面，为刷清漆做准备。
  2. Few things distracted the Pastor from the preparation of his weekly sermons...
     几乎没有什么事情能使牧师在准备每周的布道时分神。
  3. Behind any successful event lay months of preparation.
     任何成功的活动都需要好几个月的准备。
• N-PLURAL 准备工作；预备工作；筹备工作
  Preparationsare all the arrangements that are made for a future event.
  1. The United States is making preparations for a large-scale airlift of 1,200 American citizens...
     美国正在为运送1,200名美国公民的大规模空运做准备。
  2. Final preparations are under way for celebrations to mark German unification.
     纪念德国统一的庆典活动正在做最后的准备工作。
• N-COUNT （食物、医药、化妆品的）制剂，配制品
  Apreparationis a mixture that has been prepared for use as food, medicine, or a cosmetic.
  1. ...anti-ageing creams and sensitive-skin preparations.
     抗衰老面霜和敏感性皮肤适用的护肤制剂

双语例句

• Final preparations are under way for celebrations to mark German unification.
  纪念德国统一的庆典活动正在做最后的准备工作。
• Preparations for doomsday already influence policy debates.
  对末日的准备已经影响了有关政策的辩论。
• Sometimes people seem deliberately to forget the birthday of a person, to let people feel that his birthday has been neglected, and in fact we all gathered in secret preparations for surprises.
  有时人们故意显得把某个人的生日忘记了，让要过生日的人感到本人被忽视了，而实际上大家都在暗中打算惊喜聚会。
• It seems you have made full preparations.
  看来你真是做足了准备。
• Preparations for the wedding were made under a cloak of secrecy
  婚礼的准备工作是秘密进行的。
• Don't call a meeting in a hurry if the preparations are not completed.
  如果没有准备好，就不要急于开会。
• Your wedding day is coming soon, so you must speed up your preparations.
  喜期已近，得加紧准备。
• How are the wedding preparations going?& oh, we haven't even started yet.
  喜事准备得怎样了？&八字呢。
• The preparations forthe wedding are underway.
  婚礼的准备正在进行中。
• The women were all fluttering about finishing their preparations for the wedding.
  女人们做好婚礼准备后显得不安。