Ready 最常用的是做形容詞，少數情況下也做動詞、副詞和名詞。
1、形容詞：( 比較級和最高級， readier, readiest)
prepared, 準備好了的；(不用在名詞前面，僅做表語) We cant eat now – dinner is not ready. I will be ready in five minutes. Are you ready to go to school?
willing, 甘願的，樂意的；(不用在名詞前面，僅做表語) She is always ready to help. 她一直都很樂意幫忙。They werent ready to lend me the money. 他們不願意借給我那筆錢。
quick or alert, 迅速的，敏捷的；靈巧的。She has got a ready mind. 她心靈敏捷。 （修飾名詞） She has got a ready wit.她足智多謀。She has got a ready tongue. 她伶牙俐齒。He has a ready pen.他文筆敏捷。
easily available, 即時可得的；現成的；隨手可得的，Mother had a ready answer to every question.母親對每個問題都有現成的答案。Keep some ready cash at home for an emergency. 家中放些現金，以備緊急之需。get ready: 準備好；Get ready, we have to leave now.
2、做動詞 verb ：readies, readying, readied to prepare sb. /yourself/sth./ for sth. 為…做準備；準備好做…. Western companies were readying themselves for the challenge from Eastern markets. 西方的公司正在為迎接來自東方市場的調整做準備。
3、做副詞 。用於過去分詞前面，經常構成符合詞。已經完成的；已經做完的 ready-cooked meals ；現成的飯菜。The concrete was ready mixed.混凝土是攪拌好的。
4、做名稱。 英國非正式用法：the ready; 複數 the readies ；現錢 短語：at the ready : 即時可用；隨手可用；We all had our cameras at the ready. 我們都準備好了相機，隨時可用。
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