"preparations" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 准备工作

Definition

为某个重要事情（如活动、旅行或任务）做的各种准备工作。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

通常用于正式或计划性的场合，如活动、旅行等。常说“做准备工作”。不常用于日常小任务或做饭准备。

Examples

We made all the preparations before the guests arrived.

在客人到来之前，我们做了所有的**准备工作**。

The preparations for the wedding took months.

婚礼的**准备工作**花了几个月。

Please finish your preparations before the meeting starts.

请在会议开始前完成你的**准备工作**。

Despite our careful preparations, things still went wrong.

尽管我们做了细致的**准备工作**，事情还是出了问题。

All our preparations paid off in the end—it was a great event!

我们所有的**准备工作**最终都得到了回报——这是一次很棒的活动！

She's busy with preparations for her big exam tomorrow.

她正忙着为明天的重要考试做**准备工作**。