准备就绪：ready怎么用

I'm ready to travel, and you're my ticket.

                               ——《Downton Abbey》

我已准备好出发，而你就是我的旅票。

                           ——《唐顿庄园》

一、下面我们来看看ready有几种含义

adj.

1.准备好的，现成的

By mid-October, Operation Migration was ready.

到了10月中旬，迁徙行动的准备工作就绪。

2.快要…的，即将…的

Her red under-lip pushed out like a child's, ready to cry.

她红红的下嘴唇象一个孩子的嘴唇似的撅了起来快要哭了。

3.敏捷的，迅速的，即时的

Drains achieve a ready egress of the liquid blood.

引流能为血液提供一个容易的出口。

4.情愿的

Are you ready to grant that I was right?

你是否愿意承认我是对的?

adv.

1.预先；已完成地；迅速地

The chalet was kept ready and waiting for them at all times.

小屋已收拾好随时迎接他们的到来。

n.

1.预备好的状态

Soldiers came charging through the forest, guns at the ready.

荷枪实弹的士兵穿过林区冲了上来。

2.现款

She was a bit short of the readies.

她手头现金有点儿紧张。

v.

1.使准备好，做好…的准备 [T]

Cameramen readied tripods.

摄影师们架好了三脚架。

二、你知道ready和哪些词更搭吗？

at the ready

处于准备状态,各就各位,预备

ready money

现金,现款

ready reckoner

n. 简便计算表

ready to hand

就在手边,伸手可及

ready cash

现金

三、学会ready用法了吗？来做个小测试吧~

The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be _____ .

天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。