readiness

readiness /'redinis/
  • danh từ
    • sự sẵn sàng (làm việc gì)
      • have everything in readiness for departure: hây chuẩn bị sẵn sàng mọi thứ để đi
      • to be in readiness: sẵn sàng
    • sự sẵn lòng, thiện ý
    • sự lưu loát, sự nhanh nhẹn, sự lanh lợi
      • readiness of speech: sự ăn nói lưu loát
      • readiness of wit: sự nhanh trí

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): readiness, ready, readily

Xem thêm: preparedness, preparation, eagerness, zeal, forwardness, set, facility



readiness

Từ điển Collocation

readiness noun

ADJ. greater | constant | combat The troops were in a state of combat readiness.

VERB + READINESS declare, express, indicate, show, signal Hungary has indicated its readiness to sign the treaty. | hold sb/sth in He held his gun in readiness.

PREP. in ~ (for) service the car in readiness for the journey | ~ for to express a readiness for change

PHRASES a state of readiness

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); preparedness, preparation

    putting them in readiness

    their preparation was more than adequate

  • prompt willingness; eagerness, zeal, forwardness

    readiness to continue discussions

    they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel

    they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority

    he tried to explain his forwardness in battle

  • (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way; set

    the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution

    his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set

  • a natural effortlessness; "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen; facility

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: eagerness facility forwardness preparation preparedness set zeal