| 单词 | preparatory |
| 释义 | preparatory (once / 1215 pages) adj Use the adjective preparatory when you're getting ready for something. If you spend the day cleaning your house before a big party, the work you're doing is preparatory. You can call something preparatory when it helps you prepare. A summer school class that lays the groundwork for a calculus course in the fall is preparatory, and so are a coach's words of advice before the start of a football game. High schools that specifically ready students for college work are sometimes called "preparatory schools," or "prep schools" for short. The Latin root is praeparationem, "a making ready." WORD FAMILYpreparatory: preparatorily+/preparation: preparations/preparative: preparatively/prepare: preparation, preparative, preparatory, prepared, prepares, preparing/prepared: preparedly, preparedness, unprepared/unprepared: unpreparedly USAGE EXAMPLESTwice a week, she attends a preparatory class for earning a high school equivalency diploma. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) The court said it would hold the next preparatory hearing on Dec. 27. Reuters(Dec 22, 2016) They also released Damron’s personnel file and investigative documents related to the allegations at Stanton College Preparatory School in Jacksonville, Fla. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) adj preceding and preparing for something preparatory steps Syn preparative, propaedeutic preceding existing or coming before |
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