making ready

For weeks past he had been making ready for this moment, and it had never crossed his mind that anything would be needed except courage.

已经有好几个星期，他为这一时刻做好了准备，然而他从未意识到，除去勇气，他还需要什么别的东西。

One duy, as he lay thinking, he saw a spider over his head, making ready to weave her web .

一天，正当他躺着思索的时候，看见一只蜘蛛在他头上，准备织网。

The lonesomest thing in all the world is a soul when it is making ready to go on its mysterious, far journey.

当一个人准备好去做一次神秘的、遥远的旅行——这是世界上最凄凉的情景了。

When he was making ready for the journey home, he saw a heap of burning coals in the middle of his field.

他收拾停当准备回家时，看到田地中央有一堆煤在燃烧。

The making ready for Christmas was always a delight to me.

为圣诞节做准备总会令我欢欣鼓舞。

Policymakers elsewhere are making ready for the fall.

其他国家和地区的决策者们正在为这次衰退做准备。

What? is this death? So soon? Impossible! Why, I have had no time to do anything yet. . . I have only been making ready to begin!

什么？这是死亡？这么快？不可能！为什么，我还没有时间作任何事…我正准备开始！

act of assembling or organizing and making ready for use or action.

为效用或行动作准备的聚集或组织性活动。