Provide
[prə'vaɪd]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) take measures in preparation for; 'provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship'.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; 'The hostess provided lunch for all the guests'.
(verb.) 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'.
校對:朗达--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
(v. t.) To supply; to afford; to contribute.
(v. t.) To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.
(v. t.) To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
(v. t.) To foresee.
(v. t.) To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.
(v. i.) To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child.
(v. i.) To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
整理:卢修斯
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Prepare, procure, get ready, make ready.[2]. Supply, furnish, stock.
v. n. [1]. Cater, furnish supplies.[2]. Take measures, make provision.[3]. Stipulate, bargain, contract, engage, agree, covenant.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Prepare, arrange, procure, afford, supply, contribute, yield, cater, furnish,get, agree, produce, collect, stipulate
ANT:Misprovide, neglect, overlook, withhold, retain, appropriate, refuse, den, alienate, divert, misemploy, mismanage
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解釋/意思:
v.t. to make ready beforehand: to prepare for future use: to supply: to appoint or give a right to a benefice before it is actually vacant.—v.i. to procure supplies or means of defence: to take measures: to arrange for as a necessary condition or arrangement.—adj. Provī′dable.—conj. Provī′ded (often with that) on condition: upon these terms: with the understanding.—n. Provī′der.
錄入:朱莉
例句/造句/用法:
- I am satisfied that Mr. and Mrs. Micawber could not have enjoyed the feast more, if they had sold a bed to provide it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- To provide a metal which should be at once stronger and safer than any which had been used before. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The only person I know who exactly answers your description, and for whom as a poor deserted orphan it would be a charity to provide, is in Paris. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The case, however, is different when an animal, during any part of its embryonic career, is active, and has to provide for itself. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The broad problem which he set himself was to provide handsome and practically indestructible detached houses, which could be taken by wage-earners at very moderate monthly rentals. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In order to provide against vibration I was obliged to make the frame of the machine much heavier than I first intended. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The first office of the social organ we call the school is to provide a simplified environment. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- She had provided a plentiful dinner for them; she wished she could know that they had been allowed to eat it. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- With his usual thoughtfulness, he had provided for her independence in this situation. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- This, rising above the water, and provided with reflecting lenses, enabled the steersman to discover the surface conditions and see any near vessel or other object. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Carriages and horses were provided for all; captains and under officers chosen, and the whole assemblage wisely organized. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- In a generation or two, education, emigration, improvements in agriculture and manufactures, may have provided the solution. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- For all who love me in short; for I would make all happy if I could, provided they don't grow too pathetic. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- It provided by a bill for a meeting of Parliament at least once in three years, whether the King summoned it or no. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Society provides a remedy for these three inconveniences. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Hence it provides a further push to social progress. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Monsieur has seen me reading them a hundred times, and knows I have not so many recreations as to undervalue those he provides. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- He provides the pitch, and I handle it, and it sticks to me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- A great rascal provides for his wife and family. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He often provides also for himself. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- And how he provides now for an old woman who nursed his mother, and never tells anyone, but is just as generous and patient and good as he can be. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The work done by a boy who raises a 5-pound knapsack to his shoulder would be 5x4, or 20, providing his shoulders were 4 feet from the ground. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- But its use had been growing; it was providing a fluid medium for trade and enterprise, and changing economic conditions profoundly. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- If I, as a honest tradesman, succeed in providing a jinte of meat or two, none of your not touching of it, and sticking to bread. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- By connecting them in series this potential is doubled, thus providing a main circuit (P and N) of 220 volts. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- After watching over and providing for their safety, her second care was to hide from me her anguish and tears. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I'll tell you something, returned the sergeant; I suspect that stuff's of your providing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- By this statute, the necessity of providing for their own poor was indispensably imposed upon every parish. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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