Preparation

(noun.) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; 'preparations for the ceremony had begun'.

(noun.) (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord; 'the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance'.

手打:莉莲

• They all rose up in preparation for a round game. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Nothing was said of the master's marriage, and I saw no preparation going on for such an event. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Some prefer a preparation in the form of a paste, as follows: =Cherry Tooth Paste. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• It may be that he sounds a note of preparation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• This preparation needs to be applied only once or twice. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• As soon as he had withdrawn the cloth and placed the dessert upon the table, he began to cough and place himself in an attitude of preparation. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• He debarked his troops and apparently made every preparation to attack the enemy while the navy bombarded the main forts at Haines' Bluff. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The first contrast is with the idea that education is a process of preparation or getting ready. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Ill preparation for the coming day! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Education as Preparation. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Mrs. Shelby went up stairs, and Aunt Chloe, delighted, went out to her cabin, to make her preparation. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He was never too good at getting about and he was conductor of a tram and that is not the best preparation for the hills. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Any one can now make this preparation equally as well as Warner. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Admiral Porter proceeded with the preparation of the steamers for their hazardous passage of the enemy's batteries. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Clean the surface of the article, as in the preceding preparation, and apply the mixture by rubbing on with a cork or piece of soft leather moistened with water and dipped in the powder. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• As yet the enemy had made no move, so Justinian had plenty of time to complete his defensive preparations. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The preparations for my marriage are making, and I shall be married soon. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The strongest washing powder is soda, and this cheap form is as good as any of the more expensive preparations sold under fancy names. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• He had already locked up his safe, and made preparations for going home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I must write to them at Oxford, to see that the preparations are made: they can be getting on with these till I arrive. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• After that exhibition we had a house-cleaning at the laboratory, and the metallic-filament lamps were stored away, while preparations were made for our experiments on carbon lamps. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Thoroughly clean the article from all grease and dirt (see polishing preparations, page 12), and apply with a soft rag or brush and polish with a chamois skin. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Later in the evening Black Michael joined them long enough to instruct them to make their preparations for landing on the morrow. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Days were passed in parleys, visits, preparations. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The old housekeeper and her son remain until the preparations are complete, and then she returns upstairs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• My object was to drive Longstreet out of East Tennessee as a part of the preparations for my spring campaign. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I had left her this evening, reposing after the fatigues of her preparations. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• On the occasion of this domestic little party, I did not repeat my former extensive preparations. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The preparations of new carriages and furniture might wait for London and spring, when her own taste could have fairer play. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The preparations for the reception of visitors appeared to be completed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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