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  • [zhǔnbèi]

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

准备 [zhǔnbèi]
  1. 1. verb [筹划] prepare
    心理准备
    psychological preparation
  2. 2. verb [打算] plan

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

准备 [zhǔnbèi]
  1. 1. prepare; get ready; fix;make up; prep
    准备阶段
    preparatory stage
    作最坏的准备
    prepare for the worst
    为会议准备文件
    prepare documents for a meeting.
  2. 2. intend; plan
    今年暑假我准备回老家看看。
    I intend to visit my native place this summer vacation.
  3. 3. noun preparation; provision

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

准备 [zhǔnbèi]
  1. 1. 预先安排或筹办
    准备上场。
    准备好一切条件。
  2. 2. 打算;计划
    准备去北京。
    准备找他谈谈。
  3. 3. 预先考虑好的想法或预先做好的安排
    对方早有准备
    做好准备

Examples

你的喜事准备得怎么样了?—八字还没一撇儿呢。
How are the wedding preparations going? —Oh, we haven't even got off the ground yet.
准备不够
be inadequately prepared
我不日到京,请准备住处。
I'll be in Beijing in a few days. Please find me accommodation.
事先做好准备,就不致临时手忙脚乱了。
If you arrange everything in advance, you won't be in a rush at the last moment.
你们准备推荐谁出任此职?
Who are you going to recommend for the post?
请大家会前作好发言准备,不要临时凑合。
Please prepare before coming to the meeting. Don't speak offhand.
打点行李,准备出发。
Pack the luggage and make ready to depart.
他把意见写成纲要,准备在会上发言。
He made an outline of his views and got ready to present them at the meeting.
作好充分准备,免得临时慌乱
make ample preparations so as not to be in a rush at the last moment
加紧准备
speed up preparation

Collocations

做好准备
to prepare oneself
准备
to prepare oneself
准备发言稿
to prepare one's speech
准备开始
to prepare to start
准备工作
preparation
积极准备
to actively prepare for

Word Decomposition


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