ready-made

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ˌready-ˈmade adjective [only before noun]  1  TIBready-made food or goods are already prepared or made, and ready for you to use immediately 〔食物、商品〕现成的，预先准备好的 a ready-made spaghetti sauce 现成的意大利面酱汁2  CONVENIENTready-made ideas or reasons are provided for you, so that you do not have to think of them yourself 〔想法、理由〕已有的，现成的 The rain gave us a ready-made excuse to stay at home. 这场雨给了我们一个待在家里的现成借口。

Examples from the Corpus

ready-made• Good directors are neither numerous nor ready-made.• There are many ready-made collections of anecdotes available in book form.• But when her family comes, bringing with it ready-made conviviality, she balks.• ready-made curtains• As they no longer seemed to exist as ready-made garments, my wife bought the material.• Any kind of ranching, logging or building provides a ready-made inroad for the farmers to penetrate the most inaccessible parts.• Four big shipyards nearby and others further afield provided a ready-made market for its paints.• Daniel Spoerri, meanwhile, remains at Galerie Beaubourg throughout the month with his ready-made picture-tables.• As I sat there, the china spewed forth from the open door and cascaded down the ready-made ramp into my lap.From Longman Business Dictionaryready-madeˌready-ˈmade adjective [only before a noun]1already prepared, and ready to be used immediatelyThe company produces canned soup and ready-made meals.2ready-made clothes/shoes etcCOMMERCE clothes etc that have been manufactured in large quantities, rather than made for a particular customera range of ready-made knitwear

ˌready-ˈmade adjectiveChineseSyllable  

or or Corpus Business prepared and made, ready-made already food are goods

ready-made
ˌready-ˈmade adjective [only before noun]
1. ready-made food or goods are already prepared or made, and ready for you to use immediately:
    a ready-made spaghetti sauce
2. ready-made ideas or reasons are provided for you, so that you do not have to think of them yourself:
    The rain gave us a ready-made excuse to stay at home.

ready-madeBrE /ˌredi ˈmeɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌredi ˈmeɪd/ 🔊 adjectiveprepared in advance so that you can eat or use it immediately 预制的；已做好的；现成的◆ready-made pastry现成的油酥面团(old-fashioned) (especially of clothes 尤指衣服) made in standard sizes, not to the measurements of a particular customer 标准尺码的；现成的；成品的◆a ready-made suit成品套装already provided for you so you do not need to produce or think about it yourself 已有的；现成的◆When he married her he also took on a ready-made family. 他和她结婚，当上了现成的爸爸。🔊🔊