prepare

英 [prɪˈpeə(r)]

美 [prɪˈper]

v.  使做好准备; 把…预备好; 使(自己)有准备; 防范; 预备(饭菜); 做(饭)

过去分词：prepared　现在分词：preparing　过去式：prepared　第三人称单数：prepares　

中考高考CET4CET6考研IELTSTEM4

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.893 / COCA.774

同义词辨析

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习惯用语

v.

prepare the ground (for sth)
• （为…）准备条件，铺路
  to make it possible or easier for sth to be achieved
• The committee will prepare the ground for next month's meeting.
  这个委员会将为下个月的会议做好准备。

牛津词典

verb

• 使做好准备；把…预备好
  to make sth or sb ready to be used or to do sth
  1. to prepare a report
     拟定报告
  2. A hotel room is being prepared for them.
     正在为他们准备一间旅馆客房。
  3. The college prepares students for a career in business.
     这个学院是培养商务人才的。
• 使（自己）有准备；防范
  to make yourself ready to do sth or for sth that you expect to happen
  1. I had no time to prepare.
     我当时没时间准备。
  2. The whole class is working hard preparing for the exams.
     全班都在努力用功准备考试。
  3. The police are preparing themselves for trouble at the demonstration.
     警察正在准备防范示威时可能出现的骚乱。
  4. I was preparing to leave.
     我正准备离开。
  5. The troops prepared themselves to go into battle.
     部队准备开赴战场。
• 预备（饭菜）；做（饭）
  to make food ready to be eaten
  1. He was in the kitchen preparing lunch.
     他在厨房做午饭。
• 调制，配制（药品等）
  to make a medicine or chemical substance, for example by mixing other substances together
  1. remedies prepared from herbal extracts
     用草药提取成分配制的药物

柯林斯词典

• VERB 把…准备好；使预备好
  If youpreparesomething, you make it ready for something that is going to happen.
  1. Two technicians were preparing a videotape recording of last week's programme...
     两个技术人员正在准备上周节目的录像带。
  2. On average each report requires 1,000 hours to prepare...
     准备一份报告平均需要1,000小时。
  3. The crew of the Iowa has been preparing the ship for storage.
     “艾奥瓦号”的船员一直都在为货物储存准备船只。
• VERB 为…做准备；筹备
  If youprepare foran event or action that will happen soon, you get yourself ready for it or make the necessary arrangements.
  1. The Party leadership is using management consultants to help prepare for the next election...
     该党的领导层正在管理顾问的帮助下筹备下一届的选举。
  2. President Castro has warned Cubans to prepare for a profound economic emergency...
     卡斯特罗主席已经提醒古巴人民为严重的经济危急状况做准备。
  3. He had to go back to his hotel and prepare to catch a train for New York...
     他不得不回到酒店，准备赶火车去纽约。
  4. His doctor had told him to prepare himself for surgery.
     他的医生已经告诉他做好动手术的准备。
• VERB 准备（食物）；做（饭菜）
  When youpreparefood, you get it ready to be eaten, for example by cooking it.
  1. She made her way to the kitchen, hoping to find someone preparing dinner...
     她走到厨房，希望看到有人在准备晚饭。
  2. The best way of preparing the nuts is to rehydrate them by soaking overnight.
     做这些坚果的最好方法就是用水浸泡一个晚上，为其补充水分。

英英释义

verb

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
  1. Get the children ready for school!
  2. prepare for war
  3. I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
  Synonym:fixset upreadygear upset
• undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
  1. She is training to be a teacher
  2. He trained as a legal aid
  Synonym:train
• create by training and teaching
  1. The old master is training world-class violinists
  2. we develop the leaders for the future
  Synonym:traindevelopeducate
• arrange by systematic planning and united effort
  1. machinate a plot
  2. organize a strike
  3. devise a plan to take over the director's office
  Synonym:organizeorganisedeviseget upmachinate
• prepare for eating by applying heat
  1. Cook me dinner, please
  2. can you make me an omelette?
  3. fix breakfast for the guests, please
  Synonym:cookfixreadymake
• to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
  1. prepare a report
  2. prepare a speech
• lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord
  1. prepare the discord in bar 139
• educate for a future role or function
  1. He is grooming his son to become his successor
  2. The prince was prepared to become King one day
  3. They trained him to be a warrior
  Synonym:groomtrain

双语例句

• The players are in defiant mood as they prepare for tomorrow's game
  球员在备战明天的比赛时带着蔑视对手的情绪。
• The older child should be able to prepare a simple meal
  那个年纪稍大的孩子应当会做一顿简单的饭菜。
• The driver usually spends four hours or so helping to load and prepare his lorry.
  司机通常花4小时左右的时间帮忙装货和打理货车。
• Nothing can prepare you for the shock and grief of widowhood.
  守寡的打击和悲伤让人难以承受。
• Two technicians were preparing a videotape recording of last week's programme
  两个技术人员正在准备上周节目的录像带。
• The three days France have to prepare could give them the edge over England
  法国有3天的准备时间，这可能会让他们在对阵英格兰时占上风。
• The best way of preparing the nuts is to rehydrate them by soaking overnight.
  做这些坚果的最好方法就是用水浸泡一个晚上，为其补充水分。
• We must prepare a room for our guest.
  我们必须为客人预备一个房间。
• The commission telegraphed its decision earlier this month by telling an official to prepare the order.
  本月早些时候，委员会命令一位官员准备起草指令，透露了其决定。
• The Council unanimously directed city staff to prepare a status report on the project
  委员会一致要求市政府工作人员就该项目准备一份进度报告。