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美音:[prə´vaıd ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[prə´vaıd ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
v.供应,供给,准备,预防,规定

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provide为中学词汇   词频:195

词形变化:

动词过去式:provided 过去分词:provided 现在分词:providing 第三人称单数:provides

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vid,vis=to see(看见)

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furnish  give  supply  consume    

provide


/prə'vaɪd; prə`vaɪd/
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.pr] ~ sb (with sth); ~ sth (for sb)
(a) make sth available for sb to use by giving, lending or supplying it 向某人提供某事物; 供给; 供应
*The management will provide food and drink. 管理部门将供应饮食.
* Please put your litter in the bin provided. 请你把废物扔到预备好的垃圾箱里.
* The firm have provided me with a car. 公司供给我一辆汽车.
* Can you provide accommodation for thirty people? 你能为三十人提供住宿吗?
(b) (fig 比喻) offer or present (an answer, example, opportunity, etc) 提供(答案、范例、机会等)
*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.
* 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.
2 [Tf] (fml 文) give as a condition; stipulate 作为条件提出; 规定
*A clause in the agreement provides that the tenant shall pay for repairs to the building. 协议中有一条规定, 承租人负担建筑物的修理费.
3 (phr v) provide against sth (fml 文) make preparations in case sth happens 防备发生某事物; 预防某事物
*The government has to provide against a possible oil shortage in the coming months. 政府须为未来几个月中可能出现的油荒作好准备. provide for sb supply sb with what he needs, esp the basic necessities of life 供应某人所需(尤指基本的生活必需品)
*They worked hard to provide for their large family. 他们努力工作以供养一大家子人.
* He didn't provide for his wife and children in his will, ie didn't leave them money to live on. 他在遗嘱中没有给妻子儿女留下钱财. provide for sth
(a) make arrangements or decisionswhich can be carried out if sth occurs 为某事物可能发生作准备
*provide for every eventuality in the budget 在预算中为可能出现的一切情况作好准备
* The planners had not provided for a failure of the power system. 计画制定者未对动力系统可能出现故障一事制定应变措施.
(b) (of a bill, legal agreement, etc) establish the legal basis or authority for sth to be done later (指法案、法律协议等)为其後之某事物提供法律依据
*The right of individuals to appeal to a higher court is provided for in the constitution. 个人可向上级法院提出上诉, 这是宪法所赋予的权利.

provide


v [T]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: providere 'to see ahead, provide', from videre 'to see']
to give something to someone or make it available to them, because they need it or want it
provision
 Tea and biscuits will be provided.
provide sth for sb
 The hotel provides a shoe-cleaning service for guests.
provide sb with sth
 The project is designed to provide young people with work.
to produce something useful as a result
 We are hoping the enquiry will provide an explanation for the accident.
provide sb with sth
 The search provided the police with several vital clues.
provide that
formal if a law or rule provides that something must happen, it states that it must happen
provide against [provide against sth] phr v
to make plans in order to deal with a bad situation that might happen
 Health insurance will provide against loss of income if you become ill.
provide for / [provide for sb/sth] phr v
to give someone the things they need to live, such as money, food etc
 Without work, how can I provide for my children?
formal if a law, rule, or plan provides for something, it states that something will be done and makes it possible for it to be done
 The new constitution provides for a 650-seat legislature.
formal to make plans in order to deal with something that might happen in the future
 Commanders failed to provide for an attack by sea.
GRAMMAR
Someone can provide something but they cannot 'provide someone' : Will they provide a car?
You can say that you provide someone with something or provide something for someone : He provided me with everything (NOT provided me everything) I needed. | They did not provide enough paper for everyone (NOT to everyone).
To provide for someone means to support them by giving them the things they need to live : She has to provide for her four children (NOT provide her four children).

1. Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics.
    报刊杂志的编辑常常为了向读者提供成立一些关紧要的事实和统计数字而走向极端。

2. By itself, nature can keep the balance and provide plenty of clean water for us. Nature recycles water.
    大自然本身能够保持水的平衡并给我们提供充足的净水。大自然能够使水得到反复循环利用。

3. But with 188 million people, the country is now struggling to provide enough food, shelter, and employment for its people.
    但是这个人口达1.88亿的国家正在为了给其人民提供足够的食物、住房和工作机会而苦苦挣扎。

4. But all students are required to take performing arts and sports, and provide a community service.
    但所有的学生都必须修习表演艺术和体育,还要提供社区服务。

5. While this eliminates risk and helps to insure that the man and woman will be similar in background and outlook, the theory is that the personalities of the couple provide enough differences to make the relationship interesting.
    虽然这种做法排除了风险,也有助于确保男女双方有相同的背景和观点,但从理论上来说,是夫妻个性方面的差异才使得婚姻关系引人入胜。

6. It contains extracts of fish, marine plants, and shrimp shells, which provide a formula including proteins, minerals, and vitamins.
    它含有鱼类、海洋植物、虾壳等的提取物,组成了一个包括蛋白质、矿物质和维生素在内的配方。

7. The water in these lakes can water farmland and provide water for cities.
    这些人工湖水能浇灌农田,并向城市供水。

8. There was a courtyard in front of the place and two gardens in back, one to provide vegetables, one to delight the eye in the formal Japanese layout.
    屋前有个院子,屋后有两个园子——一个用来种菜,另一个设计得合乎日本传统,供观赏用。

9. The Hyde curriculum is similar to conventional schools that provide preparation for college, complete with English, history, math and science.
    海德中学的课程与那些开设大学预科课程的常规学校相似,设置完整,包括英语、历史、数学和自然科学。

10. The Love Family is either too casual for children — your friends have no obligation to provide for them — or it's too unstable, with adults moving on if the relationship no longer answers their search for perfect happiness.
    "情爱家庭"对孩子来说,要么太随意 —— 新的伴侣对你的孩子没有抚养责任,要么太不稳定,成年人一旦感到他们的关系无法满足自己对完美幸福的追求,就会转而他求。

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