单词 | prepared |
释义 | prepared (prɪpeəʳd ) 1. adjective B2 If you are prepared to do something, you are willing to do it if necessary. Are you prepared to take industrial action? The government was only prepared to act if Britain's own security was threatened. Synonyms: willing, minded, able, ready 2. adjective B1 If you are prepared for something that you think is going to happen, you are ready for it. Police are prepared for large numbers of demonstrators. [+ for] I'm well prepared for a 12-round fight. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 You can describe something as prepared when it has been done or made beforehand, so that it is ready when it is needed. He ended his prepared statement by thanking the police. Collocations: fully prepared I find him open, charming and fully prepared to give a frank assessment of his new self. The Sun (2013) Make sure you have all relevant information to hand and are fully prepared to present your needs for funding. The Sun (2013) Training will become sterile and troops not fully prepared. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A specially prepared dinner from his chef waits on the kitchen table. Times, Sunday Times Then, as she prepared dinner at home, her husband went out for firewood. Times, Sunday Times The final three prepared dinner, with the poorest team eliminated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Prepared salads, cured meats, grapes, pickles, seafood and cheese are among the summer favourites that are likely to be problematic if you are affected. Times, Sunday Times Growing sales of prepared salads and vegetables are seen as an indication that shoppers are still willing to pay for convenience. The Sun In 1995, the company went into the prepared salads business. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The telephone media briefings that he gives on results days are all but curt and stick to his prepared script. Times, Sunday Times The bit players stick to a prepared script. Times, Sunday Times Workers were also told to read from a prepared script if residents' families called about the virus. The Sun Strange that such a short delivery was read from a prepared script. The Sun Yet the passage in which he kept repeating the defining phrase was not in his prepared script but made up on the spur of the moment. Times, Sunday Times He decided in the end not to make his prepared speech. The Sun But the moment a prepared speech lands in his hands, you need to clear your diary and ensure the appliances are switched off. ST This sounds a little like a prepared speech; it actually dips in the middle, on 'loved'. Times, Sunday Times She delivers a carefully prepared speech on the subject. Times, Sunday Times Throngs of party workers had not thought to find a microphone, and she had to repeat the first sentence of her prepared speech six times because her voice was inaudible. Times, Sunday Times The prepared statement ended with talk of 'a new golden age'. Times, Sunday Times He went on, reading from a prepared statement. Times,Sunday Times Economists and market commentators will be looking for such an indication in his prepared statement today. Times, Sunday Times A news conference has some kind of spontaneity about it, even when nothing happens beyond the reading of a prepared statement. Times, Sunday Times Closed session, prepared statement, handful of onside golf writers only - preferably good-looking ones, if we can find any. Times, Sunday Times I've seen him moved by things and responding by setting aside prepared text and speaking from instinct. The Sun As promised, he read from his prepared text. Times, Sunday Times Yet through it all, she carried on, her voice unaffected, her prepared text somehow delivered. The Times Literary Supplement He spoke from a prepared text for up to 15 minutes and then took questions from reporters. Times, Sunday Times Speaking without a prepared text in a brisk professional style, he watched his audience intently, fixing his piercing eyes on those individuals - including me - who were listening without headphones. Times, Sunday Times Place all the prepared vegetables around the fish. ST Place all the prepared vegetables and pasta into a pan and cover with 1.4 litres water. Times, Sunday Times She takes space in her hands and kneads it like dough, or slices it up like freshly prepared vegetables. Times, Sunday Times Two elements - the veg kitchen in which staff prepared vegetables for customers and the 'borrow-a-box' option - were less successful. Times, Sunday Times On the other half, put a small layer of prepared vegetables, then a layer of beef. Times, Sunday Times There is time to get themselves properly prepared. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Thousands of cases are thrown out at trial because they are not ready or properly prepared. Times, Sunday Times (2008) That is why we will be specially prepared for those kind of problems. Times, Sunday Times (2006) For example, the diet center's food may be specially prepared to cause more rapid weight loss than the food that you might prepare. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995) Soon after came specially prepared colour film. The Times Literary Supplement (2011) Translations: Chinese: 准备好的 Japanese: 用意ができた |
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