What's the difference between “準備” and “預備”？

2024年8月23日

(It can be any tense)

1.我在準備晚餐 I am preparing for dinner.

2.我準備要去洗澡了 I am ready to take a shower. I am going to take a shower.

預備 = 預先準備 to prepare, to plan, to be ready to do something in advance (but you haven't started the action yet)

(It's future tense usually)

Let's talk a look if you can use"預備“ replace "準備 for the previous four sentences!

1.我在預備晚餐 (X) the action is already started, we can't use "預備“ in this sentence.

2.我預備要去洗澡了(O)
準備好了嗎？請回答下面的問題：

Q1: 我＿＿＿＿要睡覺了

Q2: （In a sport competition, you are almost ready to run,） and you hear:＿＿＿＿，跑！

Q3:我在＿＿＿＿去台灣的行李

為您的日常生活增添色彩。