ready

其他意思

1. n. 預備好的狀態, 現款

2. adj. 準備好的, 備用的, 可以使用的

   If someone is ready, they are properly prepared for something. If something is ready, it has been properly prepared and is now able to be used.

   • It took her a long time to get ready for church

3. adv. 預先, 迅速

4. v.

   When you ready something, you prepare it for a particular purpose.[FORMAL]

   • John's soldiers were readying themselves for the final assault

5. Ready combines with past participles to indicate that something has already been done, and that therefore you do not have to do it yourself.

   • You can buy ready-printed forms for wills at stationery shops

6. If you say to someone `Ready when you are', you are telling them that you are now ready to do something and that as soon as they are ready, you will do it.

   • `Are you ready to pull out?' - `I'm ready when you are, Captain.'