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provide/prəˈvaid/v. 1 tr. supply; furnish 供应；提供 provided them with food 提供他们食品; provided food for them 给他们提供食品; provided a chance for escape 提供逃跑机会 2 intr.a (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 for, against) make due preparation 做准备 provided for any eventuality 准备应付任何意外; provided against invasion 准备抵抗侵略 b (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 for) prepare for the maintenance of a person etc. 赡养(人等) 3 tr. (also 亦作 refl.) equip with necessities 准备必需品 they had to provide themselves 他们必须自己准备必需品 4 tr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 that) stipulate in a will, statute, etc. (在遗嘱、法规等中)规定 5 tr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 to) Eccl. hist. 【教会】[史义]a appoint (an incumbent) to a benefice 任命(领圣俸人员) b (of the Pope) appoint (a successor) to a benefice not yet vacant (教皇)指定(现任薪俸神职的继承人) [Middle English from Latin providēre (as PRO-1, vidēre vis- ‘see’)] |