hold in readiness meaning in English
经常有准备
Examples
- Queenstown is the irish port at which the transatlantic steamers stop to put off the mails . these mails are carried to dublin by express trains always held in readiness to start ; from dublin they are sent on to liverpool by the most rapid boats , and thus gain twelve hours on the atlantic steamers
从美国越过大西洋到欧洲来的船，经过此地时就卸下邮件，这些邮件从此地随时都可以搭快车运往都柏林，再从都柏林装快船运到利物浦，这样就比海运公司最快的船还要快十二小时。