Picture the hours before the guests arrive: chopping, moving chairs, checking the list. Nothing that anyone will come to see has happened yet — this is all the work that goes in front of the real event so it can run smoothly. From that one picture the word splits three ways: the work as a whole, the separate jobs you tick off, and, in a or a lab, the thing that comes out at the end of preparing — a mixture someone made up.

可以想成客人到之前的那幾個小時:切菜、搬椅子、對一次清單。真正要給人看的事還沒開始——這些全是擺在正事前面、讓它能順利進行的工作。這個畫面往三個方向長:整體的那份工夫、一件一件劃掉的細項,以及在藥局或實驗室裡「準備」之後留下的成品——一份被調出來的東西。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

preparationnoun/ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/

  • 1

    The act of preparing or getting ready.

    • I went over my notes in preparation for the exam.
  • 2

    The state of being prepared; readiness.

  • 3

    That which is prepared.

    • The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.
  • 4

    anatomymedicinesciencesThat which is prepared.

  • 5

    entertainmentlifestylemusicThat which is prepared.

  • 6

    The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.

  • 7

    Devotional exercises introducing an office.

  • 8

    entertainmentlifestylemusicThe previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.

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