| 单词 | prepare |
| 释义 | prepare (once / 30 pages) 1v 2v 3v To prepare means to get ready for something. When you prepare for a test, you'll get a better score than if you don’t. Look at all the variations that you find with prepare. If you prepare yourself mentally for an experience, you sent you mind on it happening. If you're going to tell your family that you're moving out, you might want to prepare them by having them sit down. Are you prepared for their reaction? Are you prepared to defend your decision? You can prepare wood to be painted by cleaning and sanding it. And if you prepare dinner, you cook it. WORD FAMILYprepare: preparation, preparative, preparatory, prepared, prepares, preparing+/preparation: preparations/preparative: preparatively/preparatory: preparatorily/prepared: preparedly, preparedness, unprepared/unprepared: unpreparedly USAGE EXAMPLESAcross the region, health clubs and fitness studios are preparing for peak season. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) But one day last month, while Clemson was busy preparing for its College Football Playoff semifinal against Ohio State, Venables benched himself. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) He also granted Roof's request for an extra day to prepare for his case. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc prepare for war Syn|Hypo|Hyper fix, gear up, ready, set, set up socialise, socialize prepare for social life providetake measures in preparation for cramprepare (students) hastily for an impending exam preconditionput into the required condition beforehand fixkill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study mountfix onto a backing, setting, or support lay out, set, set upget ready for a particular purpose or event winterise, winterizeprepare for winter summerise, summerizeprepare for summer primeinsert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing crop, cultivate, workprepare for crops brace, poiseprepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult overcrop, overcultivateto exhaust by excessive cultivation nerve, steelget ready for something difficult or unpleasant alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v arrange by systematic planning and united effort Syn|Hypo|Hyper devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize mount, put on prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance layprepare or position for action or operation set upbegin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc. sandwichmake into a sandwich spatchcockprepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock embattleprepare for battle or conflict rerunrerun a performance of a play, for example initiate, pioneer take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of 3v to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery prepare a report prepare a speech Hypo|Hyper rough, rough in, rough out prepare in preliminary or sketchy form create, make make or cause to be or to become 4v educate for a future role or function The prince was prepared to become King one day Syn|Hypo|Hyper groom, train train undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession develop, educate, traincreate by training and teaching check, condition, discipline, traindevelop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control dispose, qualify make fit or prepared habilitatequalify for teaching at a university in Europe capacitatemake capable educate give an education to 5v create by training and teaching Syn|Hypo|Hyper develop, educate, train build up, develop change the use of and make available or usable trainundergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession groom, traineducate for a future role or function retrain teach new skills drilltrain in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons house-train, housebreaktrain (a pet) to live cleanly in a house toilet-traintrain (a small child) to use the toilet instruct, learn, teach impart skills or knowledge to 6v undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper train develop, educate, train create by training and teaching groom, traineducate for a future role or function apprentice be or work as an apprentice retraintrain again drillundergo military training or do military exercises learn, read, study, take be a student of a certain subject v prepare for eating by applying heat 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper cook, fix, make, ready make gather and light the materials for keep, preserve prevent (food) from rotting dress, dress outkill and prepare for market or consumption deglazedissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring escallop, scallopbake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top flambepour liquor over and ignite (a dish) put onput on the stove or ready for cooking devilcoat or stuff with a spicy paste precookcook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long whip up, whomp upprepare or cook quickly or hastily concoct, cook upprepare or cook by mixing ingredients lardprepare or cook with lard freeze-drypreserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum conservepreserve with sugar dehydrate, desiccatepreserve by removing all water and liquids from picklepreserve in a pickling liquid saltpreserve with salt can, put up, tinpreserve in a can or tin refrigeratepreserve by chilling cureprepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve cornpreserve with salt create from raw material, create from raw stuff make from scratch v lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord prepare the discord in bar 139 Hyper sound cause to sound |
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