準備就緒:ready怎麼用
I'm ready to travel, and you're my ticket.
——《Downton Abbey》
我已準備好出發,而你就是我的旅票。
——《唐頓莊園》
一、下面我們來看看ready有幾種含義
adj.
1.準備好的,現成的
By mid-October, Operation Migration was ready.
到了10月中旬,遷徙行動的準備工作就緒。
2.快要…的,即將…的
Her red under-lip pushed out like a child's, ready to cry.
她紅紅的下嘴脣象一個孩子的嘴脣似的撅了起來快要哭了。
3.敏捷的,迅速的,即時的
Drains achieve a ready egress of the liquid blood.
引流能爲血液提供一個容易的出口。
4.情願的
Are you ready to grant that I was right?
你是否願意承認我是對的?
adv.
1.預先;已完成地;迅速地
The chalet was kept ready and waiting for them at all times.
小屋已收拾好隨時迎接他們的到來。
n.
1.預備好的狀態
Soldiers came charging through the forest, guns at the ready.
荷槍實彈的士兵穿過林區衝了上來。
2.現款
She was a bit short of the readies.
她手頭現金有點兒緊張。
v.
1.使準備好,做好…的準備 [T]
Cameramen readied tripods.
攝影師們架好了三腳架。
二、你知道ready和哪些詞更搭嗎?
at the ready
處於準備狀態,各就各位,預備
ready money
現金,現款
ready reckoner
n. 簡便計算表
ready to hand
就在手邊,伸手可及
ready cash
現金
三、學會ready用法了嗎?來做個小測試吧~
The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be _____ .
天氣將會是最大的障礙,所以我必須要作好準備。