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ADJ
（人）準(zhǔn)備就緒的;（物品）準(zhǔn)備好的
If someone is ready, they are properly prepared for something. If something is ready, it has been properly prepared and is now able to be used.
例句
It took her a long time to get ready for church...
她花了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間才做好去教堂的準(zhǔn)備。
The cocaine was ready for distribution...
那些可卡因已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好進(jìn)行分銷(xiāo)了。
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ADJ
準(zhǔn)備好的;勝任的
If you are ready for something or ready to do something, you have enough experience to do it or you are old enough and sensible enough to do it.
例句
She says she's not ready for marriage...
她說(shuō)自己還沒(méi)有準(zhǔn)備好結(jié)婚。
You'll have no trouble getting him into a normal school when you feel he's ready to go.
當(dāng)你覺(jué)得他可以應(yīng)付的時(shí)候再把他弄進(jìn)一所普通學(xué)校是不會(huì)有問(wèn)題的。
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ADJ-GRADED
愿意的；樂(lè)意的；情愿的；甘愿的
If you are ready to do something, you are willing to do it.
例句
They were ready to die for their beliefs...
他們甘愿為信仰而死。
She was always ready to give interviews.
她一向樂(lè)意接受采訪(fǎng)。
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ADJ
需要的；想要的
If you are ready for something, you need it or want it.
例句
I don't know about you, but I'm ready for bed...
我不知道你怎樣，但是我要睡覺(jué)了。
After five days in the heat of Bangkok, we were ready for the beach.
在曼谷的炎熱天氣中呆了5天之后，我們想要去海邊。
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ADJ
即將…的;可能…的
To be ready to do something means to be about to do it or likely to do it.
例句
She looked ready to cry...
她看起來(lái)要哭了。
Just as we were ready to sit down to dinner, a little boy came running in...
正當(dāng)我們要吃晚餐的時(shí)候，一個(gè)小男孩跑著進(jìn)來(lái)了。
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ADJ-GRADED
現(xiàn)成的;就緒的;易于得到的
You use ready to describe things that are able to be used very quickly and easily.
例句
I didn't have a ready answer for this dilemma...
我沒(méi)有想出解決這個(gè)困境的現(xiàn)成答案。
'But not quite yet,' he says quickly, with that ready smile of his...
“但還不至于如此，”他脫口而出，臉上保持著他那一貫的微笑。
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ADJ
現(xiàn)金的;現(xiàn)錢(qián)的
Ready money is in the form of notes and coins rather than cheques or credit cards, and so it can be used immediately.
例句
I'm afraid I don't have enough ready cash.
恐怕我身上沒(méi)有足夠的現(xiàn)金。
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VERB
使做好準(zhǔn)備;準(zhǔn)備好
When you ready something, you prepare it for a particular purpose.
例句
John's soldiers were readying themselves for the final assault...
約翰的手下正在為最后的進(jìn)攻做準(zhǔn)備。
In Egypt, two new camps were readied for the absorption of refugees...
在埃及，兩個(gè)新的營(yíng)地已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好收留難民了。
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COMB in ADJ
（與過(guò)去分詞連用）表示“已經(jīng)…好的”，“事先…的”
Ready combines with past participles to indicate that something has already been done, and that therefore you do not have to do it yourself.
例句
You can buy ready-printed forms for wills at stationery shops...
你可以在文具店買(mǎi)到已印好的遺囑單。
If you buy the fish ready filleted, make sure the flesh is firm and springy.
如果你要買(mǎi)已經(jīng)片好的魚(yú)片，一定要買(mǎi)魚(yú)肉緊實(shí)有彈性的。
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PHRASE
現(xiàn)成的；可以立即使用的；在手邊的
If you have something at the ready, you have it in a position where it can be quickly and easily used.
例句
Soldiers came charging through the forest, guns at the ready.
荷槍實(shí)彈的士兵穿過(guò)林區(qū)沖了上來(lái)。
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PHRASE
準(zhǔn)備就緒；整裝待發(fā)
If you want to emphasize that a person is properly prepared for something, or that something can now be used, you can say that they are ready and waiting .
例句
She liked to be ready and waiting at home when Bernard returned from work...
她想在伯納德下班回家的時(shí)候把一切準(zhǔn)備就緒。
The chalet was kept ready and waiting for them at all times.
小屋已收拾好隨時(shí)迎接他們的到來(lái)。
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CONVENTION
已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備就緒；就等你先開(kāi)始
If you say to someone 'Ready when you are', you are telling them that you are now ready to do something and that as soon as they are ready, you will do it.
例句
'Are you ready to pull out?' — 'I'm ready when you are, Captain.'
“準(zhǔn)備好出發(fā)了嗎?”——“就等你了，船長(zhǎng)。”