readying

英 [ˈrediɪŋ]

美 [ˈrediɪŋ]

v.  作好…的准备; (为…)作好准备
ready的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （人）准备就绪的;（物品）准备好的
  If someone isready, they are properly prepared for something. If something isready, it has been properly prepared and is now able to be used.
  1. It took her a long time to get ready for church...
     她花了很长时间才做好去教堂的准备。
  2. The cocaine was ready for distribution...
     那些可卡因已经准备好进行分销了。
  3. Are you ready to board, Mr. Daly?...
     你准备好登机了吗，戴利先生？
  4. In a few days time the sprouts will be ready to eat...
     再过几天球芽甘蓝就可以吃了。
  5. Tomorrow he would tell his pilot to get the aircraft ready...
     明天他会告诉他的飞行员准备好飞机。
  6. It's eight-fifteen, dear, and your breakfast's ready.
     8点15分了，亲爱的，你的早餐已经做好了。
• ADJ 准备好的;胜任的
  If you areready forsomething orready todo something, you have enough experience to do it or you are old enough and sensible enough to do it.
  1. She says she's not ready for marriage...
     她说自己还没有准备好结婚。
  2. You'll have no trouble getting him into a normal school when you feel he's ready to go.
     当你觉得他可以应付的时候再把他弄进一所普通学校是不会有问题的。
• ADJ-GRADED 愿意的；乐意的；情愿的；甘愿的
  If you areready todo something, you are willing to do it.
  1. They were ready to die for their beliefs...
     他们甘愿为信仰而死。
  2. She was always ready to give interviews.
     她一向乐意接受采访。
• ADJ 需要的；想要的
  If you areready forsomething, you need it or want it.
  1. I don't know about you, but I'm ready for bed...
     我不知道你怎样，但是我要睡觉了。
  2. After five days in the heat of Bangkok, we were ready for the beach.
     在曼谷的炎热天气中呆了5天之后，我们想要去海边。
• ADJ 即将…的;可能…的
  To beready todo something means to be about to do it or likely to do it.
  1. She looked ready to cry...
     她看起来要哭了。
  2. Just as we were ready to sit down to dinner, a little boy came running in...
     正当我们要吃晚餐的时候，一个小男孩跑着进来了。
  3. He says it's like a volcano ready to erupt.
     他说这就像一座即将喷发的火山。
• ADJ-GRADED 现成的;就绪的;易于得到的
  You usereadyto describe things that are able to be used very quickly and easily.
  1. I didn't have a ready answer for this dilemma...
     我没有想出解决这个困境的现成答案。
  2. 'But not quite yet,' he says quickly, with that ready smile of his...
     “但还不至于如此，”他脱口而出，脸上保持着他那一贯的微笑。
  3. Why does German industry enjoy such a ready supply of well-trained and well-motivated workers?
     为什么德国工业能有如此现成的训练有素且积极肯干的劳动力资源呢？
• ADJ 现金的;现钱的
  Readymoney is in the form of notes and coins rather than cheques or credit cards, and so it can be used immediately.
  1. I'm afraid I don't have enough ready cash.
     恐怕我身上没有足够的现金。
  2. Ready money is sometimes referred to asthe readies.
     现金；现钱;现钞
  3. She was a bit short of the readies.
     她手头现金有点儿紧张。
• VERB 使做好准备;准备好
  When youreadysomething, you prepare it for a particular purpose.
  1. John's soldiers were readying themselves for the final assault...
     约翰的手下正在为最后的进攻做准备。
  2. In Egypt, two new camps were readied for the absorption of refugees...
     在埃及，两个新的营地已经准备好收留难民了。
  3. Cameramen readied tripods.
     摄影师们架好了三脚架。
• COMB in ADJ （与过去分词连用）表示“已经…好的”，“事先…的”
  Readycombines with past participles to indicate that something has already been done, and that therefore you do not have to do it yourself.
  1. You can buy ready-printed forms for wills at stationery shops...
     你可以在文具店买到已印好的遗嘱单。
  2. If you buy the fish ready filleted, make sure the flesh is firm and springy.
     如果你要买已经片好的鱼片，一定要买鱼肉紧实有弹性的。
• PHRASE 现成的；可以立即使用的；在手边的
  If you have somethingat the ready, you have it in a position where it can be quickly and easily used.
  1. Soldiers came charging through the forest, guns at the ready.
     荷枪实弹的士兵穿过林区冲了上来。
• PHRASE 准备就绪；整装待发
  If you want to emphasize that a person is properly prepared for something, or that something can now be used, you can say that they areready and waiting.
  1. She liked to be ready and waiting at home when Bernard returned from work...
     她想在伯纳德下班回家的时候把一切准备就绪。
  2. The chalet was kept ready and waiting for them at all times.
     小屋已收拾好随时迎接他们的到来。
• CONVENTION 已经准备就绪；就等你先开始
  If you say to someone 'Ready when you are', you are telling them that you are now ready to do something and that as soon as they are ready, you will do it.
  1. 'Are you ready to pull out?' — 'I'm ready when you are, Captain.'
     “准备好出发了吗?”——“就等你了，船长。”

英英释义

noun

• the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
  1. preparations for the ceremony had begun
  Synonym:preparation

双语例句

• At her hotel, female butlers are more likely than their male colleagues to be assigned tasks such as the readying of rooms for anniversaries, where they prepare everything from flower baths to scented oils.
  在她所工作的酒店，相对于男性管家而言，女性管家更有可能被分派负责诸如为周年庆祝准备房间这样的任务，这种情况下，管家会负责准备好从鲜花浴到香薰精油在内的所有事情。
• They are getting readying to climb the mountain.
  他们正为登山作准备。
• So I was readying myself physically and emotionally, discussing options with doctors, researching alternative medicine, and mapping my hormones for estrogen or progesterone replacement. But I felt I still had months to make the date.
  因此，我做了很多身心准备工作，与医生探讨其他办法，研究替代性药物，规划雌激素和孕激素代替物。但我依然觉得自己还有好几个月的缓冲时间。
• Every day, the small group of volunteers are up at dawn readying a whopping 880 pounds of food for the animals.
  每天都有一小队志愿者天不亮就起床，为狗狗们准备重达880磅的食物。
• Microsoft is currently readying its Internet Explorer 10 browser.
  微软目前正在进行IE10浏览器的研发工作。
• Ranged troops are now stunned when bumped only if they are readying ther weapons.
  远程兵种只有在准备射击时才会被碰撞中断。
• The bath increased their core body temperature, which then abruptly dropped once they got out of the bath, readying them for sleep.
  热水澡提高了身体中心体温，在洗好澡后又迅速下降，为她们做好了睡眠的准备。
• Apple is readying its long-awaited assault on the living room, with plans to launch a new online television service later this year.
  苹果（Apple）正准备进军到消费者的客厅，计划在今年晚些时候推出新的网络电视服务。对于这一服务，消费者已经期待已久。
• Traditional game companies like Microsoft ( MSFT), Nintendo, and Sony are readying a new wave of gaming hardware, but is next-generation gaming actually already here?
  传统的游戏公司，如微软（Microsoft）、任天堂（Nintendo）和索尼（Sony）正准备掀起新一轮的游戏硬件热潮，但是新一代游戏是不是其实已经面世了？
• Standard Chartered Bank is readying itself for a major push into the China market this year since becoming one of the first locally-incorporated foreign banks in the country.
  自渣打银行（StandardCharteredbank）今年成为首批在华成立本地法人银行的外资银行以来，这家英国上市银行就在准备着大举进军中国市场。