preparations
準備
解説 Definition
preparations は preparation（準備）の複数形です。旅行・行事・試験などに向けて行う複数の準備作業や手配を表します。
Preparations are the actions, arrangements, or practical tasks completed before an event, journey, meeting, examination, or other planned activity. The plural often emphasizes that several different things must be organized or made ready in advance.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
preparations は preparation「準備、用意」の複数形で、語尾に -s が付き /z/ と発音します。単一の準備というより、会場予約、道具確認、連絡など一連の作業や手配をまとめて指します。make preparations for、finish the preparations for を行事や旅行と結び付けて覚えましょう。
Begin with the singular preparation and add -s for the plural preparations, pronounced with a final /z/. The plural is especially natural when readiness involves several arrangements or tasks: booking a place, checking equipment, contacting people, and organizing materials. Picture all these steps being completed before a party or game. Learn the common patterns “make preparations for,” “finish the preparations for,” and “preparations are under way.” Prepare is the related verb, while preparations names the concrete work done in advance.
例文
We finished the preparations for the party.
私たちはパーティーの準備を終えました。
The team made preparations before the game.
チームは試合前に準備をしました。
Her preparations helped the meeting start on time.
彼女の準備のおかげで会議は時間どおりに始まりました。
preparations の類義語・関連語
preparations の語源・成り立ち Etymology
preparations は prepare 由来で、ラテン語 praeparare「前もって整える」にさかのぼります。prae-「前もって」＋ parare「用意する」から成り、「準備」は“先に使える形へ整えること”だとわかります。関連語に prepare、apparatus があります。
Preparations is the plural of preparation, a noun related to prepare. Prepare ultimately comes from Latin praeparare, formed from prae-, “before” or “in advance,” and parare, “make ready” or “provide.” Preparation entered English through French and Latin-derived forms. The plural ending -s allows preparations to refer collectively to several advance actions, arrangements, or measures rather than one general act of readiness.
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