英 [prəˈvaɪd] 美 [prəˈvaɪd]
v. 提供，供给；配备，准备好；（法律或规章）规定；供养，提供生计；为（可能事件）作充分准备；<史>任命（牧师）担任有俸神职
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provide /prəˈvaɪd/ CET4 TEM4 [ providing provided provides ]
及物动词 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. 提供
I'll be glad to provide a copy of this.
我将很乐意提供这东西的一个副本。
They would not provide any details.
他们不肯提供任何细节。
They provided him with a car and driver.
他们为他提供了一辆汽车和一位司机。
及物动词 If a law or agreement provides that something will happen, it states that it will happen. 规定
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。
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
supply means of subsistence; earn a living
He provides for his large family by working three jobs
同义词： bring home the bacon
take measures in preparation for
provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship
沃尔沃前排座椅头颈部保护系统（WHIPS），能有效为头部和颈部同时提供（provide）安全保护。
provisional 临时的，暂时的；暂定的
provision 供给…食物及必需品
He refused to provide a specimen.
他拒绝提供抽样。
They would not provide any details.
他们不肯提供任何细节。
Can you provide any proof of identity ?
你能提供什么身份证明吗？
Members of the group traveled to Agogo this spring to provide more education and training in the beekeeping business.
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So I figured it... I may as well apply to these universities which provide really good financial aid.
所以，我就想我应该申请这些能给予丰厚补助的学校。
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What's happening there? Well, the selection of reactants has been done judiciously to provide either heat or to provide something that's cool.
就会感到这东西，比如说变冷了，对吧？,这里发生了什么？这些反应物都是,被仔细的选出来的，能够提供热量或制冷。
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The program was important because it helped provide work for more than three thousand seven hundred professional artists who were unemployed.
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The study says mangrove trees provide more than one and a half billion dollars worth of services to ecological systems worldwide.
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The Israeli government may deny entry or exit to anyone without having to provide a reason.
The UK says it supports the Syrian opposition but does not provide rebels with arms.
Planck's capabilities mean it will provide one of the best checks yet for non-gaussianity.