ready
adjective /ˈredi/
/ˈredi/
(comparative readier, superlative readiest)
Idioms 准备好;准备完毕 - Just a minute—I'm almost ready.
请稍等——我马上就好。 - Are you nearly ready?
你快准备好了吗? - ‘Shall we go?’ ‘I'm ready when you are!’
“我们可以走了吗?” “我准备好了,就等你了!” - ready for something I'm just getting the kids ready for school.
我正在让孩子们准备好去上学。 - ready to do something Right, we're ready to go.
对,我们准备好了,可以走了。 - We were getting ready to go out.
我们已经准备好动身了。 - She's always ready to help.
她总是乐意帮忙。 - Volunteers were ready and waiting to pack the food in boxes.
志愿者已经准备完毕,等着将食物装箱。
- He's always ready with a quick answer.
他总能迅速作答。 - I think we're just about ready to start.
我认为我们马上就准备出发了。 - I was all ready to leave when the phone rang.
我正准备离开的时候电话铃响了起来。 - I'm trying to get the children ready to leave.
我正在尽力使孩子们做好出发准备。 - Our troops keep training all the time to remain ready.
我们的部队一直在训练以便随时参战。 - We're definitely ready for the show tonight.
我们的确为今晚的演出做好了准备。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- feel
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- all
- completely
- totally
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- for
- with
- Just a minute—I'm almost ready.
准备: 具备处理某事所需的经验,态度等- Her husband wants to start a family, but she isn't ready.
她的丈夫想组建一个家庭,但她还没有准备好。 - ready for something I’m not sure if Karen is ready for marriage yet.
我不确定凯伦是否准备好结婚了。 - I was twenty years old and ready for anything.
我当时二十岁,什么都愿意去做。 - ready to do something He is clearly not ready to take on such an important role.
他显然还没有准备好承担如此重要的角色。
- He didn't feel quite ready for marriage.
他觉得自己还没完全做好结婚的准备。 - I feel ready for anything!
我觉得干什么都行! - She was concerned to protect the children from the truth until she judged them ready to hear it.
直到断定孩子们已有充分准备后她才会让他们知道真相。
- Her husband wants to start a family, but she isn't ready.
已完成;准备好;可利用 - Come on, dinner's ready!
快过来,饭好了! - The new building should be ready by 2020.
这座新大楼应该能在 2020 年前交付使用。 - ready for something Can you help me get everything ready for the party?
你能不能帮我把这次聚会准备妥当? - ready to do something The contract will be ready to sign in two weeks.
这份合同两周后即可签字。
- I've left everything ready in the kitchen.
厨房里的一切我都准备好了。 - I'll get all the boxes ready.
我会准备好所有的箱子。 - The cases are ready for delivery.
这些箱子已经准备好投递了。 - The suitcases were standing ready by the front door.
手提箱已经放在前门旁准备好了。 - The plane was refuelled and declared ready for service again.
飞机加油后报告可以重新起飞了。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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- feel
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- all
- completely
- totally
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- for
- with
- Come on, dinner's ready!
- available to be used easily and immediately
方便使用的;现成的 - All the relevant records are easily available ready to hand.
所有相关记录都在手边,用起来很方便。 - a ready supply of wood
现成的木材供应 - a ready source of income
现成的收入来源
- Please have your tickets ready for inspection.
请将票准备好备查。 - He held his gun ready.
他举枪做好了射击准备。 - The warships were soon made ready.
战舰很快就做好了准备。
- All the relevant records are easily available ready to hand.
- [not before noun] willing and quick to do or give something
愿意迅速做某事(或给某物);急于行动 - ready for something I was very angry and ready for a fight.
我非常生气,想打一架。 - ready with something She's always ready with advice.
她总是乐于提出建议。 - ready to do something He's always ready and willing to help.
他总是乐于助人。 - Don't be so ready to believe the worst about people.
不要总把人往坏处想。
- She was only too ready to believe the worst of him.
她总是把他往坏处想。 - Connors was more than ready to oblige.
康纳斯非常愿意效劳。 - He's always ready to help his friends.
他总是乐意帮助朋友。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- seem
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- more than
- only too
- very
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- ready and willing
- ready for something I was very angry and ready for a fight.
- ready to do something likely to do something very soon
synonym on the point of马上要,很可能即将(做某事) - She looked ready to collapse at any minute.
她看样子随时都会倒下。
- She looked ready to collapse at any minute.
- ready for something needing something as soon as possible
急需;需尽快得到 - Right, I'm ready for bed.
对,我现在就想睡觉。 - After the long walk, we were all ready for a drink.
长途步行之后,我们都急需喝水。
- Right, I'm ready for bed.
- [only before noun] quick and clever
聪明的;机敏的 - She has great charm and a ready wit.
她光彩照人,头脑机敏。
- She has great charm and a ready wit.
prepared/available准备好;可利用
willing情愿
likely to do something可能做某事
needing something需要某事物
quick/clever机敏;聪明
词源Middle English: from Old English rǣde (from a Germanic base meaning ‘arrange, prepare’; related to Dutch gereed) + -y.
Idioms
make ready (for something)
- (formal) to prepare for something; to prepare something for something
准备 - to make ready for the President’s visit
为总统来访做准备
- to make ready for the President’s visit
ready, steady, go! (British English)
(also (get) ready, (get) set, go North American English, British English)
- what you say to tell people to start a race
(赛跑口令)各就各位,预备,跑!
ready to roll
- (informal) ready to start
准备开始;就要开始 - The show is just about ready to roll.
演出马上就要开始。
- The show is just about ready to roll.