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 took an extraordinary effort to focus on preparing his classes or correcting his students 'work.
  备课和批改学生的作业花费了他很多精力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was in his office, preparing his duty roster for the coming month.
  他正在自己的办公室里制定下一个月的执勤表。
• 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 astronauts are preparing for touchdown tomorrow morning.
  宇航员正在为明天早上的着陆作准备。
• He was already preparing his run for the presidency.
  他已经开始为参选总统做准备了。