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read.y PREPARED5red7iadj [not gradable]prepared and suitable for immediate activity准备好了的，就绪的"The dinner's ready, " she called out.“饭好了。”她叫道。"Are you ready? Hurry up -- we're late. "“你好了吗？快点----我们迟了。”I quickly finish dressing in the morning when my mother says, "Get ready. We have to leave."早晨在我母亲说完“准备好。我们得走了。”后我很快就穿好了衣服。The concert hall was made ready (= prepared) for the performance.音乐厅为演出准备就绪。The waiter came over to the table and asked, "Are you ready to order?" [+ to infinitive]招待走到桌旁问道:“你准备点菜了吗？”He looked ready to (= as if he would very soon) collapse. [+ to infinitive]他看上去身体随时要垮掉的样子。Ready to also means willing to.愿意的，乐意的What good friends you have -- they're always ready to help you out. [+ to infinitive]你有多好的朋友----他们总是乐意帮助你解决困难。They weren't ready to lend me the money. [+ to infinitive]他们不愿意借钱给我。(disapproving) If you are too ready with something you are too eager to do it.热切的，动辄就…的He's too ready with (= too eager to give) his advice.他过于热心给人忠告。Secret information allowed the police to be ready and waiting (= waiting and prepared to act) when the robbers came out of the bank.秘密情报使得警察可以等待，候着抢劫者从银行出来。The sheriff slept with his gun ready to hand (= close to him and prepared for use) under his pillow.警长睡觉时把他的枪放在枕头下，随时可用。He stood by the phone, pencil at the ready (= prepared to write).他站在电话机旁，手里拿着铅笔随时准备记录。(Br) Ready, steady, go! is said at the start of a race, esp. one for children.预备----跑Clothes that are ready-to-wear (Br and Aus also off-the-peg, Am also off-the-rack) are produced in standard sizes and not made to fit a particular person.成衣，现成做好的服装If something is ready-made it has been found or bought in a finished form or is available to use immediately.现成的，做好的ready-made frozen meals现成的冷冻菜肴I didn't make the birthday cake myself -- I bought it ready-made.我没有自己做生日蛋糕----我买了现成的。When she married Giles, she acquired a ready-made family-- two teenage sons and a daughter.她同贾尔斯结婚时，她就有了个现成的家庭----两个十几岁的儿子和一个女儿。(dated infml) Ready money is money that is available to be spent immediately.现钱，手头有的钱 [readies]"No cucumbers in the market, not even for ready money" （Oscar Wilde in the play The lmportance of Being Earnst, 1895）“市场上没黄瓜，现钱也买不到。”(摘自戏剧《认真的重要》，奥斯卡·王尔德)
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