supply
美音:
[səp´laı
]英音:
[səp´laı
]n.补给,供给,供应品 vt.补给,供给,提供,补充,代理 vi.替代他人职务
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supply为六级词汇
词频:1230
词形变化:
名词复数:supplies 名词:supplier 动词过去式:supplied 过去分词:supplied 现在分词:supplying 第三人称单数:supplies
词根
plen,plete,ple,pli,ply=to fill(充满),full(满的)
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supply
/sə'plaɪ; sə`plaɪ/
v (pt, pp supplied)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (to sb); ~ sb (with sth) give sb sth that is needed or useful; provide sb with sth 供给或供应某人所需或可用的物品; 向某人提供某物
*a company supplying heating oil (to homes) (向住户)供应燃油的公司
* supply consumers with gas, electricity, etc 向消费者提供煤气、电力等
* He kept me well supplied with cups of coffee while I wrote the report. 我写报告时, 他一直不停地给我一杯杯续咖啡.
2 [Tn] provide enough (of sth) for (a need); fulfil 提供足够的(某物)以满足(需要)
*Will the new power-station be able to supply our cheap energy requirements? 新建的发电厂能够满足我们对廉价能源的需求吗?
n
1 [U] supplying or being supplied 供给; 供应; 补给
*a contract for the supply of office stationery 供应办公文具的合同
* You promised us fuel, but can you guarantee its supply? 你答应给我们提供燃料, 但能保证供应吗?
* a reliable source of supply 可靠的来源
* [attrib 作定语] a supply train 运送补给品的列车.
2 [C often pl 常作复数] thing that is supplied; stock or store of things provided or available 供给之物; 供应品; 补给品; 贮备; 存货; 现货
*the water-supply 供水
* a supply of reading-matter for the journey 为旅途提供的读物
* arms, food, fuel supplies 武器、食物、燃料贮备
* Have we got enough supplies of coal? 我们贮存的煤够用吗?
* Helicopters dropped supplies (ie of food, etc) for the stranded villagers. 直升飞机给受困的村民空投了物资.
3 (idm 习语) in short supply => short1. sup,ply and de`mand (esp economics 尤用于经济) the amount of goods, etc available and the amount wanted by consumers, the relationship between which is regarded as controlling prices 供求关系.
1. Even if a piped water supply is safe at its source, it is not always safe by the time it reaches the tap. 即使管道供水系统在水源处安全的,等水到达龙头时就不一定总是安全的了。
2. When Canada took similar measures to protect the supply of herring in the 1970s, the fish eventually recovered. 加拿大在20世纪70年代也曾采过取类似措施来保护鲱鱼的数量,最终鲱鱼的数量得到了恢复。
3. Working in an art-supply shop, "I met working artists and realized you can make a living doing this." 在一家艺术用品商店工作时,"我遇到了一些工作着的艺术家,并意识到这样做也能谋生。"
4. They are planning to divert the river to supply water somewhere else. 他们正计划着使这河流转向,以便别处能得到水的供给。
5. There were extraneous minerals in the water supply that made it unsafe to drink. 自来水中有外来无机物, 使水不宜饮用。
6. The prices are regulated by demand and supply. 价格随着需要和供应而调整。
7. These trees supply shade in summer. 夏天这些树提供一片阴凉地方。
8. There is only enough spring water to supply the needs of the house, so we have to pump from the river for farm use. 泉水只能满足家庭生活用水,因此我们必须从河里抽水以用于农业生产。
9. The once unlimited supply of fresh, clean water is now limited. 曾经能无限制供应的干净淡水,现在变得有限了。
10. He had exhausted his supply of water. 他已耗尽了全部供水。
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