Preparation

[,prepə'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [,prɛpə'reʃən]

解释:

(noun.) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; 'preparations for the ceremony had begun'.

(noun.) (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord; 'the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance'.

手打:莉莲--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready; as, the preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation of troops for a campaign.

(n.) The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war.

(n.) That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a preparatory act or measure.

(n.) That which is prepared, made, or compounded by a certain process or for a particular purpose; a combination. Specifically: (a) Any medicinal substance fitted for use. (b) Anything treated for preservation or examination as a specimen. (c) Something prepared for use in cookery.

(n.) An army or fleet.

(n.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension.

(n.) Accomplishment; qualification.

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同义词及近义词：

n. Provision, making ready.

编辑:朱尔斯

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Provision, making_ready

ANT:{Without_preparation}, without, provision

手打:奥利

解释:

n. the act of preparing: previous arrangement: the state of being prepared or ready: that which is prepared or made ready: (anat.) a part of any animal body preserved as a specimen: the day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day: devotional exercises introducing an office: (mus.) the previous introduction as an integral part of a chord of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.—adj. Prēpar′ative having the power of preparing or making ready: fitting for anything.—n. that which prepares the way: preparation.—adv. Prēpar′atively by way of preparation.—adj. Prēpar′atory preparing for something coming: previous: introductory.

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