1. | [t] 使做好准备；把…预备好to make sth or sb ready to be used or to do sth |
to prepare a report 撰写报告 | |
A hotel room is being prepared for them. 正在为他们准备一间旅馆客房。 | |
The college prepares students for a career in business. 这个学院是培养商务人才的。 |
2. | [i][t] 使（自己）有准备；防范to make yourself ready to do sth or for sth that you expect to happen |
I had no time to prepare. 我当时没时间准备。 | |
The whole class is working hard preparing for the exams. 全班都在努力用功准备考试。 | |
The police are preparing themselves for trouble at the demonstration. 警察正在准备防范示威时可能出现的骚乱。 | |
I was preparing to leave. 我正准备离开。 | |
The troops prepared themselves to go into battle. 部队准备开赴战场。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth 预备（饭菜）；做（饭）to make food ready to be eaten |
He was in the kitchen preparing lunch. 他在厨房做午饭。 |
4. | [t] ~ sth (from sth) 调制，配制（药品等）to make a medicine or chemical substance, for example by mixing other substances together |
remedies prepared from herbal extracts 用草药提取成分配制的药物 |
