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。