PREPARED 准备好的, [not before noun] if you are ready, you are prepared for what you are going to do

〔某人〕准备好（做某事）的:

Come on. Aren't you ready yet?

快点，你还没准备好吗？

When the doorbell rang he was ready and waiting .

门铃响的时候，他已经准备好在等着了。

Everything's packed, and we're ready to leave.

所有的东西都装好了，我们可以走了。

I don't feel that I'm ready for my driving test yet.

我认为我还没有准备好参加驾照考试。

I felt strong, fit, and ready for anything .

我感到精力充沛，身体健壮，干什么都行。

At the end of the lecture, I was ready with questions.

讲座结束的时候，我有一些问题要问。

Why does it take you so long to get ready to go out?

你外出怎么要准备那么长时间？

We made ready for our journey home.

我们准备好返程回家。

FOR IMMEDIATE USE 可立即使用, [not before noun] if something is ready, someone has prepared it and you can use it immediately

〔某物〕准备好的，可即刻使用的:

When will supper be ready?

晚饭什么时候准备好？

The computer is now set up and ready to use.

计算机已安装好，随时可用。

Is everything ready for the exhibition?

展览会所需的一切都准备就绪了吗？

I've got to get a room ready for our guests.

我得准备好一个房间给客人用。

have sth ready, to have something near you so that you can use it if you need to

备好某物:

I had my calculator ready.

我备好了计算器。

be / feel ready for sth, [spoken] to need or want something as soon as possible

急需（渴望）某事物:

I'm really ready for a vacation.

我真的需要去度一次假了。

be ready to do sth, [informal] to be likely to do something soon

可能快要做某事:

She looked ready to burst into tears.

她看样子就要哭出来了。

WILLING 愿意的, very willing to do something

愿意〔做某事〕的; 乐意的:

He was always ready to help us.

他总是愿意帮助我们。

She was ready and willing to work hard.

她工作积极肯干。

QUICK 快的, [only before noun] available or coming without delay

迅速的; 现成的:

They need to have ready access to police files.

他们需要立即能查到警方的档案。

a ready supply of drink

现成的饮料供应

I had no ready answer to his question.

他的问题我一时想不出答案。

an intelligent man with a ready wi t

一个头脑机敏的聪明男人

ready money / cash, money that you can spend immediately

现款，现金:

The company is short of ready cash.

公司缺乏现金。

ready, steady, go! [BrE] , get ready, get set, go! [AmE]

to make something or someone ready for something

使…为〔某事〕做好准备;

I tried to ready him for the bad news.

我设法让他有思想准备接受这个坏消息。

at the ready, available to be used immediately

随时可用:

Soldiers stood around with weapons at the ready.

士兵们手拿武器站着待命。

the readies, [BrE informal] money that you can use immediately

现钱:

I'm getting a new car as soon as I can scrape together the readies.

我一旦能凑足现钱就去买一辆新车。

ready cooked / prepared etc, already cooked, prepared etc by someone else

已煮好的/准备好的等:

They seem to live on ready cooked meals.

他们好像就吃方便餐过日子。