provide解释

1. give something useful or necessary to;

   "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
   

2. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance;

   "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
   

3. 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"
   

4. mount or put up;

   "put up a good fight"
   "offer resistance"
   

5. make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain;

   "This leaves no room for improvement"
   "The evidence allows only one conclusion"
   "allow for mistakes"
   "leave lots of time for the trip"
   "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"
   

6. 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"
   

7. take measures in preparation for;

   "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"
   

1.供给；提供；给予
If youprovide something that someone needs or wants, or if youprovide themwith it, you give it to them or make it available to them.

e.g. I'll be glad toprovide a copy of this...
我很愿意提供它的一个副本。
e.g. They would notprovide any details...
他们不愿提供任何细节。

2.（法律或协议）规定
If a law or agreementprovides that something will happen, it states that it will happen.

provide的翻译

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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

1. The course is free but you have to provide your own books.
   修读该课程是免费的,但你要自备课本。
2. The trees provide shade.
   这些树提供阴凉。
3. Westminster Abbey towering in the distance there provides a fascinating view.
   矗立在远处的威斯敏斯特大教堂构成了一道迷人的景色。
4. Many hands provide great strength.
   人多力量大。
5. Let us hope his research will provide the evidence we need.
   但愿他作的研究能提供我们所需要的证据。

1. The agreement provides that the two sides shall meet twice a month.
   协议规定,双方每月要开两次碰头会。
2. This provided that the voter mark his ballot in a closed booth and drop it into a locked box.
   这条规定,投票人在一间关着的投票站里填写他的选票,然后把选票投入到一只上锁的箱子里。

1. It is incumbent on you to provide for your parents.
   供养父母是你应尽的义务。
2. Can you provide accommodation for thirty people?
   你能为30个人提供住宿吗?

1. The painting provides us with one of the earliest examples of the use of perspective.
   那幅画给我们提供了采用透视画法的最早的范例之一。
2. They provided us food.
   他们提供我们食物。
3. Tom provided her a pretty hat.
   汤姆给她准备了一顶漂亮的帽子。

• Nature..has not provided against assaults upon the hearing.

  出自：Times

• The document provided..for the resumption of full diplomatic relations.

  出自：G. F. Kennan

1. provide用作及物动词时,可表示“提供,供给,供应,装备”,后可接名词或代词作简单宾语; 还可接双宾语,常用介词for引出间接宾语,也可用介词with引出直接宾语,有时with可省略。
2. provide还可表示法律、规章、协议等的“规定”,往往作为条件提出使之能按照某人的意愿或某种规则履行,后常接that引起的从句,从句中可以用shall, should, must, may, ought to等,用should, must, ought to时,语气较重,用may时,语气较轻,用shall时,指当前,语气一般,也可用虚拟语气。
3. provide用作不及物动词时常与for, against 等介词搭配。

1. provide作及物动词时，指“规定”，后可接that从句。值得注意的是从句中要用shall/should，不用will/would，偶尔可用虚拟现在式。

   The contract provides that only the best materials shall be used.
   合同规定说只允许用最好的材料。

2. provided可作连接词，原属于provide的过去分词， provided ...或provided that ...指“规定或以……作条件”。当用于正式英语中时，provided .../provided that ...可等同于“if...”。

   I will go provided (that) you will go with me.
   两句意思一样，但注意两者不能随便替换。

   What will happen if they see us?
   句中的if不可以替换成provided。不过通常来说，用provided的场合，用if都是可以的。