prepare
英 [pr?'pe?]
美[pr?'p?r]
- vt. 準備；使適合；裝備；起草
- vi. 預(yù)備；做好思想準備
英英釋意
- 1. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;
- "Get the children ready for school!"
- "prepare for war"
- "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
- 2. prepare for eating by applying heat;
- "Cook me dinner, please"
- "can you make me an omelette?"
- "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
- 3. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery;
- "prepare a report"
- "prepare a speech"
- 4. arrange by systematic planning and united effort;
- "machinate a plot"
- "organize a strike"
- "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
- 5. prepare (someone) for a future role or function;
- "He is grooming his son to become his successor"
- "The prince was prepared to become King one day"
- "They trained him to be a warrior"
- 6. create by training and teaching;
- "The old master is training world-class violinists"
- "we develop the leaders for the future"
- 7. 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"
- 8. undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession;
- "She is training to be a teacher"
- "He trained as a legal aid"