0 the things that you do or the time that you spend preparing for something -- 準備工作；準備，預備
Preparations for the opening ceremony are well under way. 開幕式的準備工作正在順利進行中。
[ + to infinitive ] We are making preparations to fly Mr Goodall to the nearest hospital. 我們正在著手準備透過飛機將古多爾先生送往最近的一家醫院。
Yasmin assisted in the preparation of this article. 亞斯明幫忙做了一些這篇文章的準備工作。
The team blamed injuries and lack of preparation for their failure to win. 這支球隊把他們未能獲勝歸咎於受傷和準備不充分。
The teacher didn't seem to have done much preparation for the class. 看來這位教師這堂課準備得不是太充分。
1 a mixture of substances, often for use as a medicine -- 配製品；（常指醫藥）製劑
Admittedly, the task for the knowledge engineer does get harder, because the elicitation sessions require much more preparation.
The procedure of the proposed system design contains input data preparation and neural network training stages.
Four of the non-retired respondents did not answer the three questions on thought, preparation and expected comfort.
During conceptual preparation, a speaker decides on the conceptual information to be verbally expressed, called the ' 'message' ' concepts.
Such variability and the presence of flagella and microtubules in their preparations make their data not comparable with ours.
This practice is, perhaps, more critical in the preparation of fish served with bones in and skin on, than in the cooking of fillets.
Rated as least useful were: general education courses, courses in methodology, and general preparation in the use of the target language.
Preparation for the end of life and the role of communication in understanding anticipated physical changes and spiritual changes involve the whole family.
