1·They are collecting information in preparation for the day when the two sides sit down and talk.
他们正在收集信息，为双方坐下来和谈的那一天做准备。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·As a matter of fact, the couple are cleaning their house in preparation for the new baby's coming.
事实上，这对夫妇正在打扫他们的房子，为新生儿的到来做准备。
3·We have spent as much time as we could practicing the dance in preparation for the evening party in the past week.
在过去一周里，我们花了尽可能多的时间练习舞蹈，为晚会做准备。
4·Stop the application services in the cloud environment in preparation for the data migration by killing your mongrel processes.
通过终止您的 mongrel 进程来停止云环境中的应用程序服务，为数据迁移做好准备。
5·The surplus of cabbages has driven prices down, so farmers have to get rid of them in preparation for the coming planting season.
多余的卷心菜压低了价格，所以农民不得不把它们处理掉，为即将到来的种植季节做准备。
6·We hope that in 2011 Russia will begin the genuine reform, in preparation for a new bid to become part of a broadly defined West.
我们期待俄罗斯在2011年能够开始进行真正的改革，为成为广泛意义上西方的一部分而进行的投标做好准备。
7·In preparation for the celebration, a straw mat is placed on the table, along with a candle holder with seven candles, one black, three red, and three green.
在准备庆祝活动时，桌子上放着一张草席，还有一个蜡烛架，上面有七支蜡烛——一支黑的，三支红的，还有三支绿的。
8·The team has been training hard in preparation for the big game.
为备战这场重要比赛，队伍一直在严格训练。
—— 《牛津词典》
9·As is known to all, the main purpose of school education is to have students in preparation for their future.
众所周知，学校教育的主要目的是让学生做好准备应对未来。
10·The first wrongly assumes that the pterosaurs' hind feet resembled a bat's and could serve as hooks by which the animal could hang in preparation for flight.
第一个（假设）错误地认为翼龙的后脚类似于蝙蝠的后脚，可以作为钩子，用来挂起来准备飞行。