preparation词典解释

1. 准备，预备，备办
2. 准备工作，准备措施
3. 配制
4. 制剂，调剂
5. 配制品，配制成的东西，配制好的食物
6. 备课
7. 预习（时间），预修
8. 烹调（食品）
9. 【音】准备调（音）
10. 标本
11. 节日的前夜

1. the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose;

   "preparations for the ceremony had begun"
   

2. a substance prepared according to a formula;

   "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
   

3. the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening;

   "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"
   

4. the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action);

   "putting them in readiness"
   "their preparation was more than adequate"
   

5. (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord;

   "the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance"
   

6. activity leading to skilled behavior
7. preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
8. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat;

   "cooking can be a great art"
   "people are needed who have experience in cookery"
   "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
   

1.准备；预备；筹备
Preparation is the process of getting something ready for use or for a particular purpose or making arrangements for something.

e.g. Rub the surface of the wood inpreparation for the varnish...
打磨木头的表面，为刷清漆做准备。
e.g. Few things distracted the Pastor from thepreparation of his weekly sermons...
几乎没有什么事情能使牧师在准备每周的布道时分神。

2.准备工作；预备工作；筹备工作
Preparations are all the arrangements that are made for a future event.

preparation在线翻译

e.g. The United States is making preparations for a large-scale airlift of 1,200 American citizens...
美国正在为运送1,200名美国公民的大规模空运做准备。
e.g. Final preparations are under way for celebrations to mark German unification.
纪念德国统一的庆典活动正在做最后的准备工作。

3.（食物、医药、化妆品的）制剂，配制品
Apreparation is a mixture that has been prepared for use as food, medicine, or a cosmetic.

e.g. ...anti-ageing creams and sensitive-skin preparations.
抗衰老面霜和敏感性皮肤适用的护肤制剂

1. He didn't do enough preparation for his exam, and failed.
   他考试前没有充分准备,结果不及格。
2. Preparations for the queen's visit are almost complete.
   女王访问的筹备工作已基本就绪。
3. The druggist suggested a preparation to relieve the ache.
   药剂师建议配一种止痛剂。

• begin preparation开始准备
• lack preparation缺乏准备
• plunge into preparation投入准备工作

• adequate〔elaborate〕 preparations周详〔充分〕的准备工作
• special preparations特别制剂

• without preparation毫无准备

• preparations against natural disasters防止自然灾害的准备工作
• preparation for cleaning the skin洁肤剂

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的praeparationem，意为准备。