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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 

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同义词辨析

planplotprepareschedulescheme【导航词义:安排,计划】

planv. 计划,安排
〔辨析〕
普通用词,指事前仔细筹划、安排。
〔例证〕
Where do you plan to spend your holiday?
你打算在哪里度假?
We have been planning our trip to Canada for months.
数月来,我们一直在筹划我们的加拿大之行。
The police are investigating when he began planning his escape and who his accomplices were.
警方正在调查他何时开始计划逃跑以及他的同谋有谁。
He didn't plan to conceal the truth. He was just too scared at that moment.
他不是蓄意隐瞒真相的,只是一时害怕。
plotv. 策划,密谋
〔辨析〕
通常指秘密策划违法行为或针对某政要、政府的阴谋活动。
〔例证〕
They had plotted to rob the bank.
他们曾密谋抢劫银行。
Why did the military secretly plot against him?
为什么军方密谋推翻他?
He plotted to overthrow the government.
他图谋推翻政府。
preparev. 筹备,作准备
〔辨析〕
指为将要发生的事情作好计划、安排等。
〔例证〕
The students wanted more time to prepare their exams.
学生们想要更多的时间来准备考试。
They were busy preparing for their honeymoon.
他们正忙着准备去度蜜月。
schedulev. 排定,预定
〔辨析〕
指将某事安排在某一时间或日期进行,通常用被动语态。
〔例证〕
The conference is scheduled for next Friday.
会议定于下星期五召开。
His first book is scheduled for publication in October.
他的第一本书定于10月出版。
schemev. 策划,密谋
〔辨析〕
指为牟取私利而投机取巧或搞阴谋。
〔例证〕
The evil queen schemed to kill the little princess with poison.
邪恶的皇后密谋毒死小公主。
He always feels that all his colleagues are scheming against him.
他总是觉得他的同事们都在算计他。

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 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。
      • Prepare the gravy mixture.
        将肉汁混合料调好。
      • This delicious variation on an omelette is quick and easy to prepare
        这种稍加变化的可口煎蛋卷做起来又快又容易。
      • 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。
      • Although this recipe looks long, it is actually very quick to prepare
        尽管这个菜谱看上去很长,其实做起来很快。
      • 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。
      • Some ready made meals are nutritious and very easy to prepare.
        一些预制膳食很有营养,而且烹调起来很简单。
      • 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。
      • Different writers will prepare to varying degrees.
        不同作者的准备程度也会各不相同。
      • 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。