英英辞典比較：語学

【prepare】[発音記号]の後の記述で英英辞典を比較してみる。

■Longman Advanced American Dictionary
1[T] to make something such as a place, a meal, a piece of writing etc. ready to be used, eaten etc.
¶Brenda spent all day preparing the meal.
[prepare sth for sb/sth]
¶I haven't prepared my report for the meeting yet.
-- see Usage Note at COOK

■ケンブリッジ英英和辞典（Cambridge Learner's dictionaty）
1[I,T] to get someone or something ready for something that will happen in the future.
準備[用意]する
¶I haven't prepared my speech yet.
¶They're preparing for the big match.
¶We're preparing the students for their end-of-year exam.
¶[+ to do sth] I was busy preparing to go on holiday.

■Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
S1W1 1 MAKE STH [T]
a) to make a meal or a substance
¶Prepare the sauce while the pasta is cooking.
¶When we got home, Stephano was busy preparing dinner.
△It is fairly formal to say that someone prepares a meal. It is more usual to say that they made or cook a meal: Bella was making dinner.
b) to write a document, make a programme etc
¶Nealth and safety officers will investigate the site and prepare a peport.

■Cobuild英汉双解词典
prepares, preparing, prepared.
1 If you prepare someone or something, you make them ready for an event or action that will happen it the future. 预备;准备;筹备。 V+O: IF+PREP THEN for
¶By making us do lesson-plans, they're making sure we prepare our classes...
他们要我们制订授课计划，以确保我们能备好课…
¶She was expecting me, a room was prepared.
她正期待看我的来临，连房间都准备好了.

■Oxford Dictionary of English
verb[with obj.]
1 make (something) ready for use or consideration
¶prepare a brief summary of the article.
*make (food or a meal) ready for cooking or eating
¶she was busy preparing lunch.
（中略）
― DERIVATIVES preparer noun.
― ORIGIN late Middle English: from French preparer or Latin praeparare, from prae "before" + parate "make ready".

■Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
(prepares, preparing, prepared)
1(VERB) If you prepare something, you make it ready for something that is going to happen.
¶Two technicians were preparing a videotape recording of last week's programme...(V n)
¶On average each report requires 1,000 hours to prepare...(V n)
¶The crew of the Iowa has been preparing the ship for storage.(V n for n)
2(VERB,-get)
If you prepare for an event or action that will happen soon, you get yourself ready for it or make the necessary arrangements.

■Oxford wordpower dictionary for learners of English
verb[I,T] prepare (sb/sth) (for sb/sth) to get ready or to make sb/sth ready
¶Bob helped me prepare for the exam.
¶The cousre prepares foreign students for studying at university.
¶to prepare a meal
be prepare for Sth
¶to be ready for Sth difficult or unpleasant

■朗文当代英语大词典
1 [T (for)] to put into a suitable state for a purpose, event, or experience 把…准备好，使…做好准备：
¶First prepare the rice by washing it, then cook it in boiling water.
先把米洗好，然后放到开水中煮。
¶a course that prepares students for the English exams
为学生参加英语考试而设的课程

■英汉双解总合用法大词典
vt.
1. make ready for use; make fit (for a purpose) 预备，准备：
¶Please prepare the table for dinner.
请摆好桌子吃晚饭。
¶We must prepare a room for our quests.
我们必须为客人准备一个房间。

■最新英汉双解八用词典
v
get or make ready 准备;预备
Syn: plan for, get or make ready, arrange
Ant: destory, ruin
[用法]
1.作及物动词时，后可接宾语、双宾语、"宾语+for+名[代]词"或"宾语+to do sth."。如:
¶I'll prepare a meal tonight.
今晚我要做晚餐。
[构词]prepared 准备好的 preparation 准备:制剂 preparative 准备的 preparatory 准备的 preparedness 准备(状态)

■프렉티컬 영한영사전（プラクティカル英韓英辞典）
1 [+목,+목,+for+(명+대),+목+목] 준비하다(get ready for, arrange for, make preparations[arrangement] for, make ready for); 채비하다(equip oneself for); 작성하다(draw up, write out, make out); 기안[입안]하다(make a plan, draw up a plan); (약 따위를) 조제하다, 조합하다(compound)
¶prepare [make ready, make preparation] for departure
출발준비를 하다

思うに、Cobuild英汉双解词典の出来が素晴らしい。
コウビルドをベースに、例文を全訳して英英日辞典を作って欲しい。
それに語源情報が追加されれば、完璧な英語の辞典が完成すると思う。

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