We've put up balloons in readiness for the party.

我们已把派对的气球布置好了。

The remaining men disposed themselves in readiness for instant action.

剩下的人做好了立即行动的准备。

There had been a thunderstorm that afternoon, and Tom had gone down the beach to bail out the boat in readiness for the morning's fishing.

那天下午雷雨交加，汤姆前往海滩将船里面的水抽出来，准备明天早上的打鱼。

Zheng will next head to North America to compete in a series of warm-up matches in readiness for the highly anticipated U.S. Open at the end of August.

郑钦文接下来将前往北美参加一系列热身赛，为 8 月底备受期待的美国公开赛做准备。

Then, throwing their pieces to a low trail, like sportsmen in readiness for their game, they dashed forward, and were soon buried in the somber darkness of the forest.

然后，他们像准备比赛的运动员一样，把棋子扔到低处，向前冲去，很快就被埋在森林阴沉的黑暗中。

The body was deposited in an attitude of repose, facing the rising sun, with the implements of war and of the chase at hand, in readiness for the final journey.

尸体以静止的姿态安放，面向初升的太阳，手边带着战争和追逐的工具，为最后的旅程做好准备。

If they were stranger blacks the spears that they held in readiness for Numa might as readily be loosed upon whomever dared release their bait as upon the prey they sought thus to trap.

如果他们是陌生的黑人， 那么他们为 Numa 准备的长矛可能会很容易地向任何敢于释放诱饵的人松开， 就像他们试图捕获的猎物一样。

One morning, however, when I called at the hotel according to instructions, my master informed me that I must hold myself in readiness for a sea-voyage, and, to spare unnecessary detail, in the course of a fortnight we had landed at New York.

然而，一天早上，当我按照指示拜访旅馆时，我的主人告诉我，我必须做好海上航行的准备，而且，为了避免不必要的细节，我们在两周的时间里在纽约克。