preparatory 详细解释

preparatory

[pri'pærətəri]

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)

a.

准备的, 预备的; 筹备的

There is much preparatory work for us to do.

我们有许多准备工作要做。

I did preparatory exercises before the race.

我在赛跑前做了准备运动。

n.

预备学校, 预科(在美国指为升入大学做准备的学校)[C]

Her son is studying in a preparatory school.

她儿子正在一所大学预备学校学习。

prep.

(为……)作准备

The passengers gathered their belongings preparatory to getting off.

乘客们收拾自己的东西为下车做准备。

词形变化

副词: preparatorily |

词义辨析

同义参见:

preliminary  

英英释义

形容词 preparatory:

preceding and preparing for something

同义词：preparative, propaedeutic

短语词组

preparatory to

1. 在……之前

You should pack it up preparatory to sending it by post.

在邮寄之前你应该把它包好。

2. 作为……的准备

补充

preparatorypreparatory英:[priˈpærətəri] 美:[prɪˈpærəˌtɔri, -ˌtori, -ˈpɛr-, ˈprɛpərə-]adj.1.预备的, 准备的This was where we were to have our preparatory language courses.这就是我们要上语言预备课的地方。

例句

1. At least a year's preparatory work will be necessary before building can start.至少需要进行一年的准备才能开工建设。 2. preparatory drawings made for the painting Nymphs and Satyrs为油画《森林之神与仙女们》所作的画稿 3. 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 4. preparatory meetings for the conference大会的筹备会议 5. Sloan cleared his throat preparatory to speaking.斯隆清了清喉咙, 准备讲话。 6. a drink preparatory to eating饭前喝的一杯饮料 7. He unfolded the shirts preparatory to draping them over a hanger.他把那几件衬衫展开, 准备用衣架把它们挂起来。 8. more preparatory work is needed.还需要更多准备工作。 9. preparatory schooling.预备教育。 10. she applied her make-up preparatory to leaving.她化了妆，准备出门。 11. The new employees have begun preparatory [=introductory] training.新员工已经开始进行入职训练。 12. There is a lot of preparatory work involved in teaching.教学包含许多准备工作。 13. "preparatory to the job interview, I researched the company."为准备应聘面试，我研究了这家公司。

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