prepare的用法

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一、prepare用作及物动词时

1. prepare sth.表示"准备......"，后接名词或代词作宾语。

Our English teacher was preparing the lessons when I came into the office.我进办公室时，我们的英语老师在备课。

2. prepare sb. sth. 表示"给......准备......"，也可转换为prepare sth. for sb.。

She prepared us a nice breakfast.（= She prepared a nice breakfast for us.） 她给我们准备了可口的早餐。

3. prepare sb. for sth. 表示"使某人对某事有所准备"。

She said so because she wanted to prepare her father for the bad news.她这样说是因为她想使爸爸对那个坏消息有所准备。

4. prepare to do sth. 表示"准备做......"。

They were preparing to cross the river when it began to rain.他们正准备过河，突然下雨了。

         

二、prepare用作不及物动词时

prepare for sth.表示"为......做准备"：

The students are busy preparing for the final exam.学生们正在准备期末考试。

         

三、1.prepare的名词是preparation,常用复数,表示"具体的准备工作"。

The preparations for the party took hours.聚会的准备工作花了几个小时。

2.可以用于以下一些短语:

（1）make preparations for 为……做准备,如:

She is making preparations for her marriage.她正在为自己的婚事做准备。

（2）make preparations against sth. 为对付/防止……做准备,如:

We must make preparations against natural disasters. 我们必须为防止自然灾害做准备。

（3）in preparation for 为……做准备,如:

We're getting things together in preparation for the journey.我们正在收拾东西准备旅行。

He is training in preparation for the next football match.他在训练准备下一轮足球赛。

         

四、其他一些常见的短语搭配:

1. prepare sb. to do sth. 使某人准备做某事,如:

They prepared themselves to accept the defeat.他们准备好接受失败的结果。

Father is preparing my little brother to go to school.父亲为我小弟弟上学做准备。

2. be prepared for sth.=get ready for sth.为……做好了准备,强调状态。如:

They were prepared for the worst. 他们已准备好了应付最坏的情况。

He was not prepared for the question. 对这个问题,他没有做好思想准备。

3. be (well) prepared to do sth. 准备、打算做某事,如:

We are prepared to supply the goods you asked for.我们准备好供应你要的货物。

I'm not prepared to listen to your weak excuses. 我不想听你那站不住脚的借口。

4. be prepared against sth. 对……做好准备,against有"与……作斗争"、"抵御"之意。如:

We're fully prepared against any aggression. 我们对任何侵略都做好了充分的准备。

Be prepared against war, be prepared against natural disasters and do everything for the people.备战,备荒,为人民。

5.另外,prepare还有"配制、调制(点心、药、菜等)"之意。如:

He is preparing a medicine. 他正在配药。