preparing

英 [prɪˈpeərɪŋ]

美 [prɪˈperɪŋ]

v.  使做好准备; 把…预备好; 使(自己)有准备; 防范; 预备(饭菜); 做(饭)
prepare的现在分词

现在分词：preparing　

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柯林斯词典

• VERB 把…准备好；使预备好
  If youpreparesomething, you make it ready for something that is going to happen.
  1. Two technicians were preparing a videotape recording of last week's programme...
     两个技术人员正在准备上周节目的录像带。
  2. On average each report requires 1,000 hours to prepare...
     准备一份报告平均需要1,000小时。
  3. The crew of the Iowa has been preparing the ship for storage.
     “艾奥瓦号”的船员一直都在为货物储存准备船只。
• VERB 为…做准备；筹备
  If youprepare foran event or action that will happen soon, you get yourself ready for it or make the necessary arrangements.
  1. The Party leadership is using management consultants to help prepare for the next election...
     该党的领导层正在管理顾问的帮助下筹备下一届的选举。
  2. President Castro has warned Cubans to prepare for a profound economic emergency...
     卡斯特罗主席已经提醒古巴人民为严重的经济危急状况做准备。
  3. He had to go back to his hotel and prepare to catch a train for New York...
     他不得不回到酒店，准备赶火车去纽约。
  4. His doctor had told him to prepare himself for surgery.
     他的医生已经告诉他做好动手术的准备。
• VERB 准备（食物）；做（饭菜）
  When youpreparefood, you get it ready to be eaten, for example by cooking it.
  1. She made her way to the kitchen, hoping to find someone preparing dinner...
     她走到厨房，希望看到有人在准备晚饭。
  2. The best way of preparing the nuts is to rehydrate them by soaking overnight.
     做这些坚果的最好方法就是用水浸泡一个晚上，为其补充水分。

双语例句

• Even though they called the election and had been preparing for it for some time, they got off on the wrong foot.
  尽管他们召集了选举，也为此做了一段时间的准备，但是一开始就走错了。
• We have been preparing our fighters to adjust themselves to civil society
  我们一直在培训我们的战士，以使他们适应普通的社会生活。
• His company is preparing to shut down in the event that their water supply is cut off
  假如供水被切断，他所在的公司就准备关闭。
• Shareholders are preparing to shake things up in the boardrooms of America.
  股东们正准备在美国的公司董事会议上作出重大调整。
• The best way of preparing the nuts is to rehydrate them by soaking overnight.
  做这些坚果的最好方法就是用水浸泡一个晚上，为其补充水分。
• Two technicians were preparing a videotape recording of last week's programme
  两个技术人员正在准备上周节目的录像带。
• The government said it was preparing a squadron of eighteen Mirage fighter planes.
  政府称其正筹建一个由18架“幻影”战斗机组成的空军中队。
• The astronauts are preparing for touchdown tomorrow morning.
  宇航员正在为明天早上的着陆作准备。
• He seemed to be preparing to sanction an increase in public borrowing.
  他似乎正准备批准增加公共贷款。
• They are busy preparing for a hectic day's activity on Saturday
  他们正忙着准备周六一整天都安排满了的活动。