serving as or carrying out preparation for a task or undertaking 预备性的,准备性的 more preparatory work is needed. 还需要更多准备工作。 ■(Brit.)relating to education in a preparatory school (英)预备的,预科的 preparatory schooling. 预备教育。
常用词组 preparatory to
as a preparation for 为…作准备 she applied her make-up preparatory to leaving. 她化了妆,准备出门。
语源
late Middle English: from late Latin praeparatorius, from praeparat- 'made ready beforehand', from the verb praeparare (see prepare)