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prepare 音標拼音: [prip'ɛr] vt. 準備,預備;使有準備,為…作準備;訓練,制訂
vi. 預備,作好準備 准備,預備;使有准備,為…作準備;訓練,制訂預備,作好准備 prepare v 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" [ synonym: { fix}, { prepare}, { set up}, { ready}, { gear up}, { set}] 2: prepare for eating by applying heat; " Cook me dinner, please"; " can you make me an omelette?"; " fix breakfast for the guests, please" [ synonym: { cook}, { fix}, { ready}, { make}, { prepare}] 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" [ synonym: { organize}, { organise}, { prepare}, { devise}, { get up}, { machinate}] 5: educate 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" [ synonym: { prepare}, { groom}, { train}] 6: create by training and teaching; " The old master is training world- class violinists"; " we develop the leaders for the future" [ synonym: { train}, { develop}, { prepare}, { educate}] 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" [ synonym: { train}, { prepare}] Prepare \ Pre* pare"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Prepare?}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Preparing}.] [ F. pr[' e] parer, L. praeparare; prae before parare to make ready. See { Pare}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson. [ 1913 Webster] Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] That they may prepare a city for habitation. -- Ps. cvii. 36 [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To fit; adjust; adapt; qualify; equip; provide; form; make; make; ready. [ 1913 Webster]
Prepare \ Pre* pare"\, v. i. 1. To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion. " Bid them prepare for dinner." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make one' s self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death. [ 1913 Webster]
Prepare \ Pre* pare"\, n. Preparation. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 242 Moby Thesaurus words for " prepare": accommodate, accouter, adapt, afford, appoint, apprentice, arm, arrange, arrange for, assemble, author, bake, barbecue, baste, be about to, blanch, boil, brace, braise, break, break in, breed, brew, brief, bring up, broil, brown, build, cast, change, clear for action, clear the decks, clothe, coauthor, coddle, collaborate, compose, compound, concoct, condition, consider every angle, construct, contribute, cook, cook up, cram, create, cultivate, cure, curry, dash off, deploy, develop, devil, devise, discipline, dispose, do, do to perfection, donate, dower, dress, drill, editorialize, educate, elaborate, endow, endue, equip, erect, evolve, exercise, extrude, fabricate, fashion, fetch up, fill, fill up, find, fire, fit, fit out, fit up, fix, fix to, fix up, forearm, forge, form, formulate, fortify, foster, frame, free- lance, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, fudge together, fund, furnish, gear, get, get ready, get ready to, get set for, get up, ghost, ghostwrite, give, griddle, grill, groom, guard against, heat, hedge, heel, house- train, housebreak, improve, indite, invest, keep, knock off, knock out, lay by, leave out nothing, lick into shape, look out for, maintain, make, make arrangements, make available, make preparations, make provision for, make ready, make sure, make sure against, make up, man, manufacture, marshal, mature, mobilize, modify, mold, mould, munition, novelize, nurse, nurture, organize, outfit, oven- bake, overlook no possibility, pamphleteer, pan, pan- broil, parboil, patch together, piece together, plan, play safe, poach, practice, prearrange, predispose, prefabricate, prep, prepare food, prepare for, present, pretreat, prime, process, produce, provide, provide a hedge, provide against, provide for, put in order, put in shape, put in tune, put out, put to school, put together, put up, raise, ready, ready up, rear, recruit, reef down, rehearse, replenish, rig, rig out, rig up, roast, run up, saute, scallop, scenarize, sear, send to school, set up, settle preliminaries, shape, shirr, shorten sail, simmer, staff, steam, steel, stew, stir- fry, stock, store, strengthen, study, subsidize, supply, support, swot, take in hand, take measures, take precautions, take steps, tan, teach, throw on paper, toast, train, transform, treat, trim, try out, turn out, whip up, whomp up, write, yield |
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