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provide v.供给；提供；准备；规定；抚养 (1) 羊供给我们羊毛。(2) 这家旅馆为旅客提供订票服务。(3) 我们要为可能发生的意外作些准备。(4) 法律规定，这些古老的建筑应该保存。 The verb provide generally means to make available or even to allow. The Constitution, for example, provides for protected freedom of speech. But you've probably also heard people talking about getting a job to provide for their family — in that case, to provide means to make money to pay for food and bills, or in other words, bring home the bacon.

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英 [prə'vaɪd] 美 [prə'vaɪd] (1) Sheep provide us with wool.(2) The hotel provides a reservation of tickets for its residents.(3) We have to provide for possible accidents.(4) The law provides that these ancient buildings must be preserved. To provide means to give or supply. When you stay in a bed and breakfast, the innkeeper will generally provide you with a meal in the morning as part of the price of the room. 1[VERB 动词]供给；提供；给予 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.   [V n]  [V n with n]I'll be glad to provide a copy of this...我很愿意提供它的一个副本。They would not provide any details...他们不愿提供任何细节。The government was not in a position to provide them with food.政府不可能给他们提供食物。providerThey remain the main providers of sports facilities.他们仍然是体育设施的主要提供商。2[VERB 动词]（法律或协议）规定 If a law or agreement provides that something will happen, it states that it will happen.   [V that]  [FORMAL 正式]The treaty provides that, by the end of the century, the United States must have removed its bases...条约规定，到本世纪末，美国必须撤除其基地。The Act provides that only the parents of a child have a responsibility for that child's financial support.法令规定只有孩子的父母才有责任为孩子提供经济支持。3See also:provided；providing；  相关词组：provide for

英语单词	provide
英美音标	英 [prə'vaɪd] 美 [prə'vaɪd]
中文释义	v.供给；提供；准备；规定；抚养
英语例句	(1) Sheep provide us with wool. (2) The hotel provides a reservation of tickets for its residents. (3) We have to provide for possible accidents. (4) The law provides that these ancient buildings must be preserved.
中文例句	(1) 羊供给我们羊毛。 (2) 这家旅馆为旅客提供订票服务。 (3) 我们要为可能发生的意外作些准备。 (4) 法律规定，这些古老的建筑应该保存。
vocabulary简明	To provide means to give or supply. When you stay in a bed and breakfast, the innkeeper will generally provide you with a meal in the morning as part of the price of the room.
vocabulary扩展	The verb provide generally means to make available or even to allow. The Constitution, for example, provides for protected freedom of speech. But you've probably also heard people talking about getting a job to provide for their family — in that case, to provide means to make money to pay for food and bills, or in other words, bring home the bacon.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]供给；提供；给予 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. [V n] [V n with n] I'll be glad to provide a copy of this... 我很愿意提供它的一个副本。 They would not provide any details... 他们不愿提供任何细节。 The government was not in a position to provide them with food. 政府不可能给他们提供食物。 provider They remain the main providers of sports facilities. 他们仍然是体育设施的主要提供商。 2 [VERB 动词]（法律或协议）规定 If a law or agreement provides that something will happen, it states that it will happen. [V that] [FORMAL 正式] The treaty provides that, by the end of the century, the United States must have removed its bases... 条约规定，到本世纪末，美国必须撤除其基地。 The Act provides that only the parents of a child have a responsibility for that child's financial support. 法令规定只有孩子的父母才有责任为孩子提供经济支持。 3 See also:provided ；providing ；相关词组： provide for

Provide Means Make [V Law Give Generally Verb