pro·vide

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【释义】：

vt．❶ 供给，供应，提供：provide electricity for a city为城市供电．We were provided with blankets against the cold．已供给我们防寒用的毯子．You should provide yourself with everything you need．你应自备所需各物．❷ 规定，约定：The contract provides that the work be completed by a given date．合同规定工程于规定日期完成．

－vi．❶ 预备，准备，防备：provide for one’s guests准备接待客人．The sailors provided against the coming storm by furling all the sails．水手们将帆全部卷起来以防即将到来的风暴．❷ 抚养，供养，供给：provide for one’s children供养儿女．pro·vided．pro·vid·ing conj．假若，倘使，以…为条件(that)．pro·vid·er n．准备者，预防者，供应者．