prep

英 [prep] 美 [prep]

• n. 准备； 预备学校； <非正式>课外作业
• v. 进预备学校； 预备； 准备
• abbr. 准备（=preparation）
• abbr. 介词（=preposition）

英英释义

Noun:

1. preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The lead-up to the race war intensifies and inmates of all colors prep their weapons.
   种族之战处于一触即发的状态，各个种族的囚徒们都在准备着武器。
2. Both procedures require the same daylong, intensive bowel prep, which is what patients complain about most.
   这两种检查均要求同样的时间，强烈的肠道准备，这些都是病人抱怨最多的。
3. All my aunts and uncles talked it over as if they were choosing a prep school for me.
   我的叔伯姑姨们商量了一番，俨然是在为我挑选一家预备学校。
4. Until then, companies import workers like Anthony Dekuyer, who left his job as a math teacher at a prep school in Perth last year to start driving a truck for Rio Tinto.
   在那之前，公司引进狄库亚这类工人，他去年辞去柏斯一所私立预备学校数学老师的工作，为力拓开卡车。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Good surface prep is key to all great looking finishes, just ask any professional detailer.
   好的漆面预备工作的关键是所有的看起来都已完成，只是问一下专业的护理工程师了。
2. In view of her capability and knowledge, I would like to recommend her to your TOEFL or IELTS Prep Course.
   鉴于她的才能和知识，我愿推荐她担任托福或雅思预备班教学工作。
3. Both procedures require the same daylong, intensive bowel prep, which is what patients complain about most.
   这两种检查均要求同样的时间，强烈的肠道准备，这些都是病人抱怨最多的。
4. Two years ago, he decided to take a temporary summer position in Shanghai with China Prep, an educational travel company.
   两年前，他决定在一家教育性质的旅游公司做临时暑假工作，同时做好在中国的准备。

经典引文

• Some eating toffee and others doing their prep.

  出自： A. Djoleto

• At prep time they were not allowed to use ink.

  出自： attrib.

• She had been prepped and given an epidural anesthesia.

  出自：New Yorker

词汇搭配

• prep school 预备学校; 预科...
• preparatory school 预备学校
• prep. 预备(=prepar...
• prep stall 准备牛栏
• prep stand 准备台

近反义词

【近义词】

• prime 最好的
• homework 家庭作业
• preparation 准备