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preparing

/pri-pair/US // prɪˈpɛər //UK // (prɪˈpɛə) //

准备,准备工作,预备,筹备

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v.有主动词 verb
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    pre·pared, pre·par·ing.

    • : to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
    • : to get ready for eating, as by proper assembling, cooking, etc.
    • : to manufacture, compound, or compose: to prepare a cough syrup.
    • : Music. to lead up to by some preliminary tone or tones.
v.无主动词 verb
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    pre·pared, pre·par·ing.

    • : to put things or oneself in readiness; get ready: to prepare for war.

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Examples

  • The timing of Fraser’s promotion may have been helped along by federal regulators, who are preparing to reprimand Citigroup over its risk-management systems, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

  • The departure of Jacques, 48, who joined Rio in 2011, comes amid wider upheaval in the top ranks of the mining industry, as the sector prepares for a longer-term slowdown in demand from China and navigates moves to decarbonize the global economy.

  • This calendar includes 18 months, so prepare to use it for a while.

  • It’s easy to prepare and consume in a few minutes and you can eat more of what you want for your actual meal.

  • For much of that summer, his staff had been preparing to sign an international energy agreement during a summit in Warsaw.

  • Adults prepare food and drink dark sweet tea on the doorsteps of their homes as they watch their children playing.

  • Prepare a large bowl with water and ice along with a strainer.

  • Hitchcock's going on about English pork butchers and how best to prepare pork cracklings.

  • One morning I arrive about nine to prepare for our morning meeting.

  • Prepare for takeoff, because quality vacation time will certainly boost your mood.

  • She had left her chair, meaning to go indoors and prepare for supper before Tony actually arrived.

  • Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.

  • That will give us time to turn about us, and to prepare ourselves against similar unpleasant casualties.

  • For three days Black Sheep was shut in his own bedroom—to prepare his heart.

  • Lawrence, when the day was lost, rode back to prepare the hapless Europeans in the city for the hazard that now threatened.