準備
解説 Definition
準備や下ごしらえのこと。料理の仕込みや学校の予習を指すこともある。
Preps means preparations or actions done to get ready for something. It is often used in informal English for planning, organizing, or setting things up before an event, task, or procedure. The word is short for "preparations."
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず prepare / preparation を知っていれば、そのくだけた短縮形が prep、複数で preps。語頭 pre- は「前もって」なので、「本番の前にやる細かな用意一式」をまとめて指す語だと覚えると残りやすいです。料理なら ingredient preps や meal preps、勉強なら do your preps のように、1個の動作よりも仕込み・予習・段取りをいくつか抱えた感覚。正式な文章では preparation(s) の方が硬く、preps は会話寄り。props と見間違えないことも注意。
Link it to `prepare` and `preparation`; `prep` is the shorter, more casual form. The `pre-` part suggests doing things before the main event, so `preps` means the small tasks done in advance. You often hear it for study, cooking, or planning. It sounds more informal than `preparations`.
例文
The chef starts preps for dinner service at two o'clock every afternoon.
シェフは毎日午後2時にディナーの仕込みを始める。
She completed all her preps the night before the big exam.
彼女は大きな試験の前夜にすべての準備を終えた。
The surgical team ran through their preps before the operation began.
手術チームは手術が始まる前に準備を一通り確認した。
preps の類義語・関連語
preps の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 praeparare（prae「前もって」＋ parare「用意する」）が語源の preparation の短縮形。語根 parare は repair（再び整える）や prepare にも現れる。「前もって整えておくこと」が準備の意味につながる。
Preps is a shortened form of preparations or prep, from prepare. Prepare comes from Latin praeparare, made from prae, "before," and parare, "make ready." The original idea was getting something ready in advance, which remains clear in the modern shortened form. Related words include prepare and repair.
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