准备好并等待着；准备好随时行动
waiting and prepared to act
Secret information allowed the police to be ready and waiting when the robbers came out of the bank. 由于得到秘密线报，警方布下埋伏，等着劫匪从银行出来自投罗网。
We're all here, ready and waiting.
Our forces will be ready and waiting should the enemy invade.
By the time the protestors arrived, the police were there, ready and waiting.
He found Ironside ready and waiting in the penalty area where he tucked the ball away to make it 3-0.
See also: ready adjective (PREPARED)