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provide

英[prə'vaɪd] 美[prə'vaɪd]
  • v. 供给;提供;准备;规定;抚养
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详细释义

    v. (动词)
    1. vt. & vi. 提供,供给,供应 cause or arrange from (sb) to have or use (sth needed or useful); supply
    2. vt. 规定 state a special arrangement that must be fulfilled

英英释义

Verb:
  1. give something useful or necessary to;

    "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

  2. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance;

    "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

  3. determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation;

    "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"
    "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech"

  4. mount or put up;

    "put up a good fight"
    "offer resistance"

  5. make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain;

    "This leaves no room for improvement"
    "The evidence allows only one conclusion"
    "allow for mistakes"
    "leave lots of time for the trip"
    "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"

  6. supply means of subsistence; earn a living;

    "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"
    "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon"

  7. take measures in preparation for;

    "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"

双语例句

1. Poland provide the opposition for the Scots' last warm-up match at home.
苏格兰队在国内最后一场热身赛的对手是波兰队。

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2. New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.
关节炎的新疗法可能是止痛药之外的另一种选择。

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3. Nursing auxiliaries provide basic care, but are not qualified nurses.
助理护士只提供基本护理,不具备护士资格。

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4. Light colours provide an effective backdrop for pictures or a mirror.
浅色是挂放图画或镜子很有效果的衬托。

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5. The least his hotel could do is provide a little privacy.
他的酒店至少应该提供一点隐私保护。

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    用作动词 (v.)
    1. Sheep provide us with wool.
      羊供给我们羊毛。
    2. The hotel provides a reservation of tickets for its residents.
      这家旅馆为旅客提供订票服务。
    3. We have to provide for possible accidents.
      我们要为可能发生的意外作些准备。
    4. The law provides that these ancient buildings must be preserved.
      法律规定,这些古老的建筑应该保存。
    5. He was very poor because he'd to provide for five children.
      他很穷,因为他要抚养五个孩子。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+~+ n./pron.
    1. The course is free but you have to provide your own books.
      修读该课程是免费的,但你要自备课本。
    2. The trees provide shade.
      这些树提供阴凉。
    3. Westminster Abbey towering in the distance there provides a fascinating view.
      矗立在远处的威斯敏斯特大教堂构成了一道迷人的景色。
    4. Many hands provide great strength.
      人多力量大。
    5. Let us hope his research will provide the evidence we need.
      但愿他作的研究能提供我们所需要的证据。
    S+~+that-clause
    1. The agreement provides that the two sides shall meet twice a month.
      协议规定,双方每月要开两次碰头会。
    2. This provided that the voter mark his ballot in a closed booth and drop it into a locked box.
      这条规定,投票人在一间关着的投票站里填写他的选票,然后把选票投入到一只上锁的箱子里。
    用作双宾动词 S+~+ n./pron. +for pron./n.
    1. It is incumbent on you to provide for your parents.
      供养父母是你应尽的义务。
    2. Can you provide accommodation for thirty people?
      你能为30个人提供住宿吗?
    S+~+ n./pron. +(with) pron./n.
    1. The painting provides us with one of the earliest examples of the use of perspective.
      那幅画给我们提供了采用透视画法的最早的范例之一。
    2. They provided us food.
      他们提供我们食物。
    3. Tom provided her a pretty hat.
      汤姆给她准备了一顶漂亮的帽子。

用法讲解

v. (动词)
  1. provide用作及物动词时,可表示“提供,供给,供应,装备”,后可接名词或代词作简单宾语; 还可接双宾语,常用介词for引出间接宾语,也可用介词with引出直接宾语,有时with可省略。
  2. provide还可表示法律、规章、协议等的“规定”,往往作为条件提出使之能按照某人的意愿或某种规则履行,后常接that引起的从句,从句中可以用shall, should, must, may, ought to等,用should, must, ought to时,语气较重,用may时,语气较轻,用shall时,指当前,语气一般,也可用虚拟语气。
  3. provide用作不及物动词时常与for, against 等介词搭配。
  1. provide作及物动词时,指“规定”,后可接that从句。值得注意的是从句中要用shall/should,不用will/would,偶尔可用虚拟现在式。

    The contract provides that only the best materials shall be used.
    合同规定说只允许用最好的材料。

  2. provided可作连接词,原属于provide的过去分词, provided ...或provided that ...指“规定或以……作条件”。当用于正式英语中时,provided .../provided that ...可等同于“if...”。

    I will go provided (that) you will go with me.
    两句意思一样,但注意两者不能随便替换。

    What will happen if they see us?
    句中的if不可以替换成provided。不过通常来说,用provided的场合,用if都是可以的。

v. (动词)
provide, equip, furnish, outfit, supply
  • 这组词都可表示“提供必要的条件”。其区别是:
  • 1.equip指装备某种仪器设备; furnish指用家具将房间布置起来; supply指提供不足或缺乏的东西; provide指提供必需和有用的东西。
  • 2.用于人时, outfit指衣物的配备, equip指各种专门的物件的配备。
  • 3.supply常用于定期的多次的供应,而furnish常用于一次性的供应。
  • 4.在涉及金钱时, provide往往意味着“免费供给”,而supply则一般不含此意。
  • 5.furnish可接双宾语,而provide和supply则不可接双宾语。
  • 6.provide和supply都要与with连用来说明所提供的物品,即provide〔supply〕 sb with sth 或provide〔supply〕 sth for sb; supply后的for可用to替代,而provide后的for不可用to替代。
  • provide, afford, give, supply
  • 这四个词都有“给”“供给”“提供”的意思。其区别是:
  • 1.afford指为一定的目的而“给”“提供”所需要的东西; give指无需偿还地把金钱、物品、时间、麻烦等有形或无形的东西“送给”“授予”“供给”某人; provide主要指为某人、某物或某事“提供”“供应”某物品,尤指生活必需品; supply指用物“供给”“供应”或“提供”给国家、群众、工厂、城市、市场等,以部队为对象时,往往只供给生活必需品,而不指武器。例如:
  • Some trees afford resin. 有些树产树脂。
  • I should like to give him a chance.我想给他一个机会。
  • Now we supply power to nine-tenths of the city's homes.现在我们向这个城市十分之九的家庭提供电力。
  • 2.afford后面可跟不定式或动名词,还常用在can, could, be able to后面表示“担负得起”某事物的费用、损失、后果等,以及“抽得出”时间、人力,其后可接双宾语,意思是“向某人提供某物”; provide后面可接for, with和against等介词; supply后可接介词to。例如:
  • Our garden affords us fresh vegetables.我们的园子为我们提供新鲜蔬菜。
  • More and more vegetables and fruit are supplied to the army.越来越多的蔬菜和水果供应部队。
  • The programme aims to provide self-sufficiency for local needs.这项计划旨在使当地需要得以自足。
  • 下面两句意思相同:
  • The bank promised to provide money for us.
  • The bank promised to provide us with money.
  • 银行答应给我们提供资金。
  • supply,provide
  • 两者均可表示“供应;供给”,指对于缺乏或不足的事物进行补充或供给。
  • supply常与to/for或with连用,其结构是:supply sth.to/for sb.或supply sb.with sth.
  • provide常与for或with连用,其结构是:provide sth.for sb.或provide sb.with sth.
  • 用作动词 (v.)
    provide against (v.+prep.)
      为…做好准备; 预防 take care for the future
      provide against sth

      They provided against the attack.

      他们做好准备以防受攻击。

      The government has to provide against a possible oil shortage in the coming months.

      政府必须为未来几个月中可能出现的油荒做好准备。

      It is wise to provide against emergency.

      预防意外是明智的。

    provide for (v.+prep.)
      规定 arrange in advance
    用作动词 (v.)
    ~+名词 副词+~ ~+副词 ~+介词

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