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preparatory adj.预备的；准备的；初步的n.预备学校；预科(在美国指为升入大学做准备的学校) (1) 他们完成了预备训练。(2) 我在赛跑前做了准备运动。(3) 我们有许多准备工作要做。(4) 她儿子正在一所大学预备学校学习。(5) 一些大学会在入学前设置本科预科班。 You can call something preparatory when it helps you prepare. A summer school class that lays the groundwork for a calculus course in the fall is preparatory, and so are a coach's words of advice before the start of a football game. High schools that specifically ready students for college work are sometimes called "preparatory schools," or "prep schools" for short. The Latin root is praeparationem, "a making ready."

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英 [prɪ'pærətri] 美 [prɪ'pærətɔːri] (1) They finished the preparatory training.(2) I did preparatory exercises before the race.(3) There is much preparatory work for us to do.(4) Her son is studying in a preparatory school.(5) Some colleges will give preparatory course for Bachelor's Degree Programs before entrance. Use the adjective preparatory when you're getting ready for something. If you spend the day cleaning your house before a big party, the work you're doing is preparatory. 1[ADJ 形容词]预备的；准备的；筹备的 Preparatory actions are done before doing something else as a form of preparation or as an introduction.   [usu ADJ n]At least a year's preparatory work will be necessary before building can start.在开始动工之前至少要做一年的准备工作。...preparatory talks for this week's summit in the Maldive Islands.为本周在马尔代夫群岛召开的峰会举行的预备会谈2[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在…之前；为…做准备 If one action is done preparatory  to another, it is done before the other action, usually as preparation for it.   [FORMAL 正式]Sloan cleared his throat preparatory to speaking...斯隆清了清嗓子，准备讲话。She lit the oven, preparatory to putting the pie into it.她把烤箱加热，准备把馅饼放进去。

英语单词	preparatory
英美音标	英 [prɪ'pærətri] 美 [prɪ'pærətɔːri]
中文释义	adj.预备的；准备的；初步的 n.预备学校；预科(在美国指为升入大学做准备的学校)
英语例句	(1) They finished the preparatory training. (2) I did preparatory exercises before the race. (3) There is much preparatory work for us to do. (4) Her son is studying in a preparatory school. (5) Some colleges will give preparatory course for Bachelor's Degree Programs before entrance.
中文例句	(1) 他们完成了预备训练。 (2) 我在赛跑前做了准备运动。 (3) 我们有许多准备工作要做。 (4) 她儿子正在一所大学预备学校学习。 (5) 一些大学会在入学前设置本科预科班。
vocabulary简明	Use the adjective preparatory when you're getting ready for something. If you spend the day cleaning your house before a big party, the work you're doing is preparatory.
vocabulary扩展	You can call something preparatory when it helps you prepare. A summer school class that lays the groundwork for a calculus course in the fall is preparatory, and so are a coach's words of advice before the start of a football game. High schools that specifically ready students for college work are sometimes called "preparatory schools," or "prep schools" for short. The Latin root is praeparationem, "a making ready."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]预备的；准备的；筹备的 Preparatory actions are done before doing something else as a form of preparation or as an introduction. [usu ADJ n] At least a year's preparatory work will be necessary before building can start. 在开始动工之前至少要做一年的准备工作。 ...preparatory talks for this week's summit in the Maldive Islands. 为本周在马尔代夫群岛召开的峰会举行的预备会谈 2 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在…之前；为…做准备 If one action is done preparatory to another, it is done before the other action, usually as preparation for it. [FORMAL 正式] Sloan cleared his throat preparatory to speaking... 斯隆清了清嗓子，准备讲话。 She lit the oven, preparatory to putting the pie into it. 她把烤箱加热，准备把馅饼放进去。

Preparatory Work Ready Preparation 英 Prɪ'Pærətri] 美 Prɪ'Pærətɔːri Adj.预备的；准备的；初步的