gear up

phrasal verbphr v to prepare for something 为…做好准备

for

The organization is gearing up for a convention in May.

这个机构正在筹备5月份的一个会议。

gear up/be geared up to do something

Fast food restaurants are geared up to serve thousands of people daily.

快餐店每天可以接待数千顾客。

Examples from the Corpus

gear up• The company will shortly be gearing up for a major expansion.• Retailers are already gearing up to meet the Christmas rush.

gear for• While obviously busy and gearing up for a big night, the servers here were ever mindful of their dining patrons.• The National Education Association is gearing up for its four-day convention in Boston.• Meanwhile, we were gearing up for my first theatrical performance in New York.• Now that he is gearing up for November, part of his strategy involves blurring the Contract to suit his purposes.• Meanwhile, the Perot organization is gearing up for petition drives in other states starting Feb. 1.• While gearing up for the event, Tamagni is faithfully skating around Miramar Reservoir.• The declining support is causing consternation in the ruling party, which is gearing up for the presidential election later this year.

gear upChinese

gear up phrasal verb
⇨ prepare 2

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