新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

provide

英  [prəˈvaɪd]
    

[VERB]

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • provide for

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 供养

    If you provide for someone, you support them financially and make sure that they have the things that they need.

    双语例句

    例:

    Elaine wouldn't let him provide for her.

    伊莱恩不肯让他供养自己。

    2[PHRASAL 短语] 为…做准备

    If you provide for something that might happen or that might need to be done, you make arrangements to deal with it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Jim had provided for just such an emergency.

    吉姆已经为这样的突发事件做好了准备。

    VERB. 动词
  • provides , providing , provided

    1[T 及物动词] 提供

    If you provide something that someone needs or wants, or if you provide them with it, you give it to them or make it available to them.

    近义词

    supply , give

    双语例句

    例:

    I'll be glad to provide a copy of this.

    我很乐意提供一份副本。

    例:

    They would not provide any details.

    他们不肯提供任何细节。

    例:

    They provided him with a car and driver.

    他们为他提供了一辆汽车和一位司机。

    例:

    The government was not in a position to provide them with food.

    政府不能给他们提供食物。

    2[T 及物动词] 规定

    If a law or agreement provides that something will happen, it states that it will happen.

    双语例句

    例:

    The treaty provides that, by the end of the century, the United States must have removed its bases.

    这项条约规定,到本世纪末,美国必须撤走其基地。

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