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

• It reminds me of my days on the rifle range preparing for duty in Vietnam.
  它使我想起了在靶场练习射击准备去越南服役的日子。
• The Italian government was preparing to dispatch 4,000 soldiers to search the island.
  意大利政府正准备派遣4,000名士兵搜索该岛。
• It'll be too late to start preparing dinner when the guests have arrived.
  客人到了旋做，就来不及了。
• The teacher is preparing the lesson.
  老师在备课。
• He followed Janice to New York, where she was preparing an exhibition.
  他追随贾尼丝到了纽约，她正在那里准备一个展览。
• 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。
• My friend is grinding away at English and preparing for toefl.
  我的朋友正在苦读英语，准备参加托福考试。
• He was already preparing his run for the presidency.
  他已经开始为参选总统做准备了。
• Many firms are battening down the hatches and preparing to ride out the storm.
  很多公司正在加紧准备，希望能挺过这场暴风雨。
• 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。