readiness

名词，表示已经准备就绪的状态，也可表示乐意采取行动或帮助他人的态度。

💡 记忆钩子

把 readiness 想成“已经站在起跑线、随时能行动”的状态：东西和计划都准备好了，是“准备就绪”；人也随时愿意伸手帮忙，就引申为“乐意、主动”。

📝 学习建议

先把它记成“准备就绪的状态”，再掌握“乐意做某事”的引申义。不要把它只理解成具体的准备工作；它更常指一种抽象状态或态度。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 准备就绪；有准备

📖 指人、组织或系统已经准备充分，达到随时可以应对某事或采取行动的状态，重点是“准备好的程度”，而不是准备过程本身。

💡 常用结构是 readiness for + 名词，表示为某种情况做好准备；也可以说某人或某组织的 readiness。它通常作不可数名词，不能随意理解成一件具体的准备物；在正式语境中尤其常见。

uncountable usually

The city's readiness for civil emergencies is reviewed every year.

这座城市应对民事紧急情况的准备程度每年都会接受检查。

The team showed its readiness to respond quickly.

这个团队表现出了迅速作出反应的准备状态。
core 乐意；愿意

📖 指一个人不但能够做某事，而且主动表现出愿意去做的态度；这里的“准备好行动”从实际准备扩展到了心理上的主动性。

💡 常用结构是 readiness to + 动词原形，表示乐意做某事；readiness 后面通常接 to do，而不是直接接动词的其他形式。它比单纯的“能做”更强调积极态度，正式程度也通常高于日常的“愿意”。

uncountable usually

Her readiness to help made everyone feel welcome.

她乐于帮忙的态度让每个人都感到受欢迎。

readinesses plural

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 4 组

prompt willingness; ; ;

同义词集: readiness eagerness zeal forwardness

readiness to continue discussions

they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel

they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority

he tried to explain his forwardness in battle

上位: willingness

a natural effortlessness; ; --Jane Austen

同义词集: facility readiness

they conversed with great facility

a happy readiness of conversation

(psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way;

同义词集: set readiness

the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution

his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set

the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action);

同义词集: readiness preparedness preparation

putting them in readiness

their preparation was more than adequate

上位: state 下位: alert, qui vive, ready

🌳 词源

由 ready 加名词后缀 -ness 构成，字面上表示“准备好的状态”。

English ready Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English readiness From ready + -ness.

🔄 变式

readinesses plural

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