【prepare音标】 英[prɪˈpeə(r)] 美[prɪˈper]
【单词释义】 prepare是什么意思：
vt.准备；预备（饭菜）；配备；使（自己）有准备；防范
vt.&vi.筹备，进行各项准备工作；做好思想准备；作出，制订；锻炼（身体等），训练
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] prepares
[单词现在分词] preparing
[单词过去式] prepared
[单词过去分词] prepared
【关联词/派生词】
preparation n.准备，预备；准备工作
preparatory adj.预备的；准备的；筹备的；初步的
【prepare形近词/近似词】
declare v.宣布；声明
ensnare vt.诱捕；使入陷阱；使入圈套
square n.正方形；广场 adj.平方的；正方形的 v.使成正方形；使成直角；使成平方
nightmare n.噩梦；梦魇；可怕的经历 adj.可怕的，噩梦似的
compare v.比较，对照
【单词例句】
◇ Thus they went into the woods and shot rabbits, wild deer, birds, and doves, and whatever they could eat. These they brought to Benjamin, and he had to prepare them to satisfy their hunger.
随后，他们走进林子去射野兔、野鹿、各种各样的鸟和鸽子，并且寻找任何可以吃的东西，一起带回来给便雅明，让他做好了给大家填肚子。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ To prepare for the oncoming cold winter, people there like to eat high-calorie food such as chicken, duck, beef, mutton, and fish, which are usually stewed with the four Chinese medicines: angelica, ligusticum wallichii, Chinese herbaceous peony and rehmannia glutinosa libosch, to enhance the effectiveness of the nourishment.
为了应对即将到来的寒冬，那里的人会吃鸡、鸭、牛、羊、鱼肉这样的高热量食物，而且通常都会加入当归、川芎、白芍、熟地黄这四味中药炖成“四物汤”来提高滋补效果。
---- Start of Winter
◇ He wore an apron to prepare delicious cuisine for her. He also bought her a necklace and piles of flowers hoping that their receiver could turn around.
还穿上围裙为她做可口的菜肴，他甚至还给她买了项链和成堆的鲜花，希望它们的接受者能够回心转意。
---- Happy Marriage Needs Fighting For
◇ And accordingly he praised the stuff he could not see, and declared that he was delighted with both colors and patterns. "Indeed, please your Imperial Majesty," said he to his sovereign when he returned, "the cloth which the weavers are preparing is extraordinarily magnificent."
因此他就把他完全没有看见的布称赞了一番，同时对他们说，他非常喜欢这些美丽的颜色和巧妙的花纹。“是的，那真是太美了，”他回去对皇帝说。
◇ Finally, we gave in as usual though we preferred to take a train. After we prepared everything, including the schedule, reliable weather forecast and the insurance, we began our trip.
最后，我们像往常一样让步，尽管我们更喜欢乘火车去。我们准备好了所有东西，包括时间表、可靠的天气预报，还有保险，就开始了旅程。
---- A Hard Trip
◇ In the UK, students go off to university (or uni) instead of college. The British version of college is typically a two-year program where students either focus on learning one particular skill set (much like a vocational school) or use the time to prepare for exams so that they can advance to university.
在英国，学生上大学用的词是university而非college。英国的college通常是两年制，学生专攻一项技能（和职业学校很相似）或为升入大学（university）的考试做准备。
---- What's the difference between a college and a university?
◇ I want a wife who cooks the meals, a wife who is a good cook. I want a wife who will plan the menus, do the necessary grocery shopping, prepare the meals, serve them pleasantly, and then do the cleaning up while I do my studying.
我想要个妻给我下厨，她必须是个好厨师，买、汰、烧，尽心尽意。膳毕，她洗碗我学习。
---- I Want a Wife