•[+ to infinitive] Are you ready to leave?你准备好离开了吗？

•Are you ready to order, Madam?现在可以点菜了吗，女士？

•Okay, Evie, ready when you are (= I am ready to do what we have arranged).好了，埃薇，我都准备好了，就等你了。

•Dinner's ready!可以吃晚饭了！

•Are you ready? Hurry up - we're late.准备好了吗？快点——我们都晚了。

•We're leaving at eight o'clock, so you've got half an hour to get ready.我们八点钟出发，所以你还有半个小时准备。

•The army are said to be ready for action.据说军队已经做好准备随时采取行动。

•The concert hall was made/got ready (= prepared) for the performance.音乐厅已为这场演出准备妥当。

•Secret information allowed the police to be ready and waiting when the robbers came out of the bank.由于得到秘密线报，警方布下埋伏，等着劫匪从银行出来自投罗网。

•He had a ready reply to every question.他对所有的问题都对答如流。

•He was charming, with a ready wit (= the ability to quickly say clever and funny things).他很有魅力，而且机智风趣。

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•I should think you're about ready to collapse after all that walking.走了那么远的路，我应该想到你要累垮了。

•These men are ready to die for their country.这些士兵甘愿为国牺牲。

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•The new TV series from the West Wing team is ready to roll.“白宫风云”小组制作的新电视连续剧即将播放。

•Give me a call when you're ready to roll and I'll meet you outside.当你准备好要走的时候打电话给我，我会在外面和你会合。

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•The sheriff slept with his gun ready to hand under his pillow.治安官睡觉时把枪放在枕头底下，伸手就能拿出来。

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•He stood by the phone, pencil at the ready.他准备好了铅笔，站在电话旁。