Preparation
[,prepə'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [,prɛpə'reʃən]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
塞西莉亚校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Provision, making ready.
編輯:朱尔斯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Provision, making_ready
ANT:{Without_preparation}, without, provision
手打:奥利
解釋/意思:
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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例句/造句/用法:
- They all rose up in preparation for a round game. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Nothing was said of the master's marriage, and I saw no preparation going on for such an event. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Some prefer a preparation in the form of a paste, as follows: =Cherry Tooth Paste. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- It may be that he sounds a note of preparation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- This preparation needs to be applied only once or twice. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- As soon as he had withdrawn the cloth and placed the dessert upon the table, he began to cough and place himself in an attitude of preparation. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- He debarked his troops and apparently made every preparation to attack the enemy while the navy bombarded the main forts at Haines' Bluff. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The first contrast is with the idea that education is a process of preparation or getting ready. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Ill preparation for the coming day! 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Education as Preparation. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Mrs. Shelby went up stairs, and Aunt Chloe, delighted, went out to her cabin, to make her preparation. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- He was never too good at getting about and he was conductor of a tram and that is not the best preparation for the hills. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Any one can now make this preparation equally as well as Warner. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Admiral Porter proceeded with the preparation of the steamers for their hazardous passage of the enemy's batteries. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Clean the surface of the article, as in the preceding preparation, and apply the mixture by rubbing on with a cork or piece of soft leather moistened with water and dipped in the powder. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- As yet the enemy had made no move, so Justinian had plenty of time to complete his defensive preparations. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The preparations for my marriage are making, and I shall be married soon. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The strongest washing powder is soda, and this cheap form is as good as any of the more expensive preparations sold under fancy names. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- He had already locked up his safe, and made preparations for going home. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- I must write to them at Oxford, to see that the preparations are made: they can be getting on with these till I arrive. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- After that exhibition we had a house-cleaning at the laboratory, and the metallic-filament lamps were stored away, while preparations were made for our experiments on carbon lamps. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Thoroughly clean the article from all grease and dirt (see polishing preparations, page 12), and apply with a soft rag or brush and polish with a chamois skin. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Later in the evening Black Michael joined them long enough to instruct them to make their preparations for landing on the morrow. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Days were passed in parleys, visits, preparations. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The old housekeeper and her son remain until the preparations are complete, and then she returns upstairs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- My object was to drive Longstreet out of East Tennessee as a part of the preparations for my spring campaign. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I had left her this evening, reposing after the fatigues of her preparations. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- On the occasion of this domestic little party, I did not repeat my former extensive preparations. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The preparations of new carriages and furniture might wait for London and spring, when her own taste could have fairer play. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- The preparations for the reception of visitors appeared to be completed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
校對:伦道夫