ready /ˈredi/ adj. 1. 准备好的，有准备的 (作表语，后可接for短语和不定式)：Are you ready to go? 你准备好走了吗? be/get ready for 准备做某事：The peasants are getting ready for the next year now. 农民此刻正在为来年做准备。Are you ready for the exam? 你们做好考试准备了吗? 2.自愿的，乐意的(作表语)：He was always ready to help others. 他总是乐于助人。 3. 易于…的(作表语)： Don’t be so ready to find faults. 不要过于喜欢挑毛病。 4. (作定语) 快的，现成的，机灵的：ready money 现钱；give a ready reply 脱口回答；a ready worker 快手 get/make/have sth.ready 把…准备好：We must make the rooms ready for the new students. 我们必须把房间准备好，让新学生来住。
readiness n. (sing.)愿意，乐意；[u]准备就绪状态，迅速，敏捷：to express a readiness for change表示愿意改变Spain had indicated a readiness to accept his terms.西班牙早已表示愿意接受他的条件。He held his gun in readiness.他持枪待命。
readily /ˈredili/ adv. 1.乐意地： He readily promised to help. 他欣然答应给予帮助。 2.容易地： They can readily be bought anywhere. 这些东西在哪儿都可以容易地买到。
