ready

英 ['redɪ] 美['rɛdi]

为……做准备

used to announce the beginning of a race

（赛跑口令）各就各位，预备，跑

Available for immediate use

可立即使用的：立即可以投入使用的

soldiers with machine guns at the ready; students with notebooks at the ready.
配备有机枪的士兵们；准备好笔记本的学生们

To make preparations.

做准备

1. Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.: 反诈骗小组的警员们已在电话上安装了窃听器，并随时准备突击。

2. Tamsin materialized at her side, notebook at the ready.: 塔姆辛从她身旁冒了出来，且备好了笔记本。

3. Catherine was ready to explode. "I think you're contemptible!": 凯瑟琳气得快要炸了。“我觉得你真是可鄙！”

5. The enemy must be digging themselves in now ready for the attack.: 敌人现在一定在挖掩体，准备迎接进攻。