Now,people use the expression to mean to prepare for dealing with any kind of trouble.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

So, in terms of what it is that you need to prepare and bring with you for the exam, you need to bring your MIT ID, especially if you haven't been showing up regularly to your recitations and you aren't 100% sure if your TA knows exactly who you are, you need to make sure you have your MIT ID with you.

那么，关于你需要做哪些准备,考试可以带哪些东西，你需要带着你的学生证，尤其是如果你没有经常地参加,习题课,你不能百分之百保证,你的助教确实认识你，那么你更得确保自己到时带着学生证。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

So I was a counselor for a year, and then they invited me to become a dean, an assistant dean, in order to not only work with individual students and their issues, but to also think about campus culture and ways we might help prepare the culture for the change that was taking place.

这样我做了一年的顾问，之后他们请我做了院长，副院长，这样就不仅仅是处理,一个个学生和他们的事情，还要思考校园的文化,思考如何帮助校园文化准备好,应对将要发生的改变。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

They prepare the soil for planting with their hands or simple tools.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

Somebody told me, by the way, that the sample concept sheet that we have listed on the website couldn't be downloaded, so we'll fix that, but we'll also send you out by email a sample concept sheet, along with guidelines for how to prepare them.

有人告诉我,顺便说下,网站上所列的观点报告范例不能下载,我们会进行修复的,同时我们也会通过电子邮件将范例报告,以及备写指南一并发给你们

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

To prepare the dye solution, cover thirty grams of onionskins with water.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

He said the United States will "stand with Iraq's people and government as a close friend and partner,as Iraqis prepare for elections early next year, continue to take responsibility for their future, and build greater peace and opportunity."

VOA: standard.2009.10.26