1 VERB 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. 供给；提供；给予
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I'll be glad to provide a copy of this. [VERB noun]
我很愿意提供它的一个副本。
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They would not provide any details. [VERB noun]
他们不愿提供任何细节。
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The government was not in a position to provide them with food. [VERB noun + with]
政府不可能给他们提供食物。
SYN supply, give, contribute, provision
2 VERB （法律或协议）规定 If a law or agreement provides that something will happen, it states that it will happen. （法律或协议）规定 [formal]
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The treaty provides that, by the end of the century, the United States must have removed its bases. [VERB that]
条约规定，到本世纪末，美国必须撤除其基地。
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The Act provides that only the parents of a child have a responsibility for that child's financial support. [VERB that]
法令规定只有孩子的父母才有责任为孩子提供经济支持。
SYN stipulate, state, require, determine
3 See also: provided providing
Phrasal verbs: - provide for
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