prepare

prepare 主要表示“提前把人、物或事情弄到可用、可面对的状态”，也可指准备食物；作名词时是过时用法，表示准备工作。

💡 记忆钩子

把 prepare 想成“提前把一切摆到位”：可以把设备和材料准备好，也可以让自己为将来的事情做好准备；在做饭时，则是把食材处理成可以吃的东西。

📝 学习建议

先掌握动词最常见的两条线：prepare something 和 prepare for something；前者准备某物，后者为某事做准备。
不要把 prepare 只理解成“准备材料”，它也常表示让自己进入准备状态；学习时可优先记住“准备某物”和“为某事准备”这两个基本框架。

📖 中文释义

noun

rare 准备工作

📖 这里的 prepare 是过时的名词，指为某件事所做的准备，和动词“提前弄好”的核心意思相连。

💡 常见于古旧表达“make prepare for + 事情”，其中 prepare 作名词而不是动词。现代英语中这种用法很少见，学习和写作时通常应改用 preparation。

obsolete

verb

core 准备好某物

📖 表示提前处理、安排或装备某样东西，使它能用于特定的将来目的；对象可以是设备、材料、场地或计划。

💡 使用“prepare + 宾语 + for + 目的”或“prepare + 宾语 + to do”来说明准备什么以及准备做什么。它通常是及物用法，不能只照中文习惯说“prepare 某人”来表达“某人做好准备”；若强调人的状态，应使用 prepare oneself 或 prepare for。

transitive

The team prepared the equipment for the long journey.

团队为这次长途旅行准备好了设备。

Please prepare the room for the meeting.

请为会议准备好房间。
common 准备食物

📖 表示把食材清洗、切割、加工或烹调，使其适合食用或饮用；重点是从食材到餐食的准备过程。

💡 常用“prepare + 食物”或“prepare + 食物 + for + 人/场合”。这个词比单说“做饭”范围更宽，可以只表示处理食材，不一定意味着已经完成烹调；不要把它误当成只适用于正式厨师的词。

transitive

I prepared a simple dinner for my family.

我为家人准备了一顿简单的晚餐。
core 为将来做好准备

📖 表示人或群体提前调整状态、安排事务，以便应对将来的事件；焦点在“做好面对某事的准备”。

💡 使用“prepare for + 名词”或“prepare to do + 动词”表示为某事或做某事准备，也可用“prepare oneself for + 名词”。这里通常不直接接将要面对的事情作普通宾语；应说 prepare for the exam，而不是按中文直译成 prepare the exam 来表示“为考试准备”。

intransitive

We are preparing for a difficult exam.

我们正在为一场很难的考试做准备。

She prepared herself to speak in front of the audience.

她让自己做好了在观众面前发言的准备。
common 调配制成

📖 表示把现有的不同成分组合、加工成某种成品；它和一般的“准备某物”相连，但更强调由材料制作出结果。

💡 常用“prepare + 成品 + from/out of + 材料”或“prepare + 成品 + by combining + 成分”。这个用法可用于食物、饮料或配制物，强调制作过程时比单说 make 更具体；不要把它理解成只是在旁边把成品摆好。

transitive

He prepared a fresh salad from the vegetables in the fridge.

他用冰箱里的蔬菜做了一份新鲜沙拉。

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📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 8 组

make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; ;

同义词集: fix prepare set up ready gear up set

Get the children ready for school!

prepare for war

I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill

上位: alter, change, modify 下位: brace, cram, crop, cultivate, fix, lay out, mount, poise, prime, provide, set, set up, socialise, socialize, work

undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession;

同义词集: train prepare

She is training to be a teacher

He trained as a legal aid

上位: learn, read, study, take 下位: apprentice, drill

create by training and teaching;

同义词集: train develop prepare educate

The old master is training world-class violinists

we develop the leaders for the future

上位: instruct, learn, teach 下位: drill, toilet-train

arrange by systematic planning and united effort; ;

同义词集: organize organise prepare devise get up machinate

machinate a plot

organize a strike

devise a plan to take over the director's office

上位: initiate, pioneer 下位: lay, mount, put on, sandwich

prepare for eating by applying heat; ;

同义词集: cook fix ready make prepare

Cook me dinner, please

can you make me an omelette?

fix breakfast for the guests, please

下位: devil, dress, dress out, escallop, keep, lard, preserve, scallop

to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery;

同义词集: prepare

prepare a report

prepare a speech

上位: create, make 下位: rough, rough in, rough out

lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord

同义词集: prepare

prepare the discord in bar 139

上位: sound

educate for a future role or function; ;

同义词集: prepare groom train

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

上位: educate 下位: dispose, qualify

🌳 词源

词源上部分来自由 preparation 反向构成的形式，部分借自中古法语和古典拉丁语，核心都与“预先弄好”有关。

Partially a back-formation from preparation; and partially borrowed from Middle French preparer, from Classical Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”). Compare Middle English preparaten (“to prepare”).

🔄 变式

- imperat prepared 1st_sg preparedst archaic prepares present preparest archaic prepareth archaic preparing present

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