preparation n. 1.准备,预备;〔常 pl.〕准备工作[措施];预修,预习 (for) 预习时间;(对…的)准备。 2.(药、菜等的)配制,备办;制剂,配制品;配制好的食物。 3.【音乐】准备调(音)。 4.(进行解剖、病理等实验的)标本。 5.节日的前夜。 The preparations are complete. 准备妥当了。 preparation of gunpowder 火药的配制。 preparation of soil 整地。 be in preparation 在准备中;在编辑中 (The dictionary is in preparation. 这部字典在编辑中)。 in preparation for 作为…的准备。 make preparations against 为对付…作准备。 make preparations for 为…作准备。
When he arrived in the courtyard he saw that there were indeed preparations for wedding . 他到了那里,看到院子里确实已在备办婚礼。
So there was nothing for it but for his mother to order preparations for yet another ball . 因此,没有别的办法,只好求他母亲吩咐再举行一次舞会。
It was better, bundy thought, to let the president have a night sleep in preparation for the ordeal ahead . 邦迪认为,最好让总统睡上一宿,以便迎接前面的严酷考验。
Life could do nothing for her beyond giving time for a better preparation for death . 生活对她已经不会有丝毫益处,无非给她提供一段时间,让她作好充分的准备去见死神。
Plans and preparations for the capture of rhodes had been perfected in the middle east command over several months . 中东指挥部夺取罗得岛的计划和准备工作已经完成好几个月了。
Seeing that his young nephew was enchanted with the beauty of the girl, he made preparations for the wedding . 当他看到这姑娘的美貌使他的侄子为之倾倒时,便为他们的婚礼做准备。
Everything that a painter did or that a writer wrote was a part of his training and preparation for what he was to do . 画家也好,作家也好,他们的作品都是训练和准备之后的结果。
As they walked in a peaceful park amid blossoming flowers, the colonel spoke frankly of preparations for war . 当他们在宁静的公园里的花丛中散步时,那个上校直截了当地说到备战问题。
All the while the reports accumulated of the german movements and preparations for a balkan campaign . 在这一时期内,我们曾屡屡获得关于德国为发动巴尔干战役而进行调遣和准备的报告。
In the next week, dick goodwin began the white house review of latin american policy in preparation for the presidential speech . 一个星期后,迪克古德温为了替总统准备演讲稿,开始由白宫对拉丁美洲政策进行检查。