a thing which acts as a preparation 作准备的事物,预备性事物 schools where parents send children as a preparative for worldly success. 父母为孩子日后成功作准备而送入的学校。
派生 preparatively adverb 语源
late Middle English: via Old French or from medieval Latin praeparativus, from Latin praeparat- 'made ready beforehand', from the verb praeparare (see prepare)