provides
基本解释
- v.供给;提供;准备;规定;抚养
词源解说
- 1407进入英语,直接源自拉丁语的providere:pro (前面) + videre (看),意为向前看,准备。
用法辨析
- 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。
- 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。
- provide用作不及物动词时常与for, against 等介词搭配。
- 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。
- 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。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- 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。 - 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。 - It is incumbent on you to provide for your parents.
供养父母是你应尽的义务。 - 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。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+that-clause
用作双宾动词: S+~+ n./pron. +for pron./n.
S+~+ n./pron. +(with) pron./n.
词组短语
- provide a meal 提供一餐
- provide blankets 提供毯子
- provide education 提供教育
- provide employment 提供就业
- provide equipment 提供装备