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。

provide against(v.+prep.)
为…做好准备; 预防 take care for the future
▲provide against sth
They provided against the attack.他们做好准备以防受攻击。
The government has to provide against a possible oil shortage in the coming months.政府必须为未来几个月中可能出现的油荒做好准备。
It is wise to provide against emergency.预防意外是明智的。
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provide for(v.+prep.)
▲provide for sb/sth
1.为…提供生活费 supply with the necessary things
It is incumbent on you to provide for your parents.赡养父母是你应尽的义务。
There is something over to provide for unusual requirements.这里有些剩余物资可供急用。
2.为…作准备 get ready; prepare beforehand
I think we have provided for every possible hazard.我认为我们已经准备好了应付每一种可能的危险。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
Every possible risk has been provided for in this project.此项方案对各种可能发生的风险都作了准备。
3.规定 arrange in advance
The agreement provided for a cease-fire.协议规定停火。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
The book being translated is provided for in your contract.在你们的合同中已确定要翻译这本书。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
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 trees provide shade.这些树提供阴凉。
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。
Many hands provide great strength.人多力量大。
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。
▲S+～+that-clause
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。
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。
用作双宾动词
▲S+～+n./pron.+for pron./n.
It is incumbent on you to provide for your parents.供养父母是你应尽的义务。
Can you provide accommodation for thirty people?你能为30个人提供住宿吗?
▲S+～+n./pron.+(with)pron./n.
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。
They provided us food.他们提供我们食物。
Tom provided her a pretty hat.汤姆给她准备了一顶漂亮的帽子。

provide, equip, furnish, outfit, supply
参见equip条。
provide, afford, give, supply
这四个词都有“给”“供给”“提供”的意思。其区别是:
1.afford指为一定的目的而“给”“提供”所需要的东西; give指无需偿还地把金钱、物品、时间、麻烦等有形或无形的东西“送给”“授予”“供给”某人; provide主要指为某人、某物或某事“提供”“供应”某物品,尤指生活必需品; supply指用物“供给”“供应”或“提供”给国家、群众、工厂、城市、市场等,以部队为对象时,往往只供给生活必需品,而不指武器。例如:
Some trees afford resin. 有些树产树脂。
I should like to give him a chance.我想给他一个机会。
Now we supply power to nine-tenths of the city's homes.现在我们向这个城市十分之九的家庭提供电力。
2.afford后面可跟不定式或动名词,还常用在can, could, be able to后面表示“担负得起”某事物的费用、损失、后果等,以及“抽得出”时间、人力,其后可接双宾语,意思是“向某人提供某物”; provide后面可接for, with和against等介词; supply后可接介词to。例如:
Our garden affords us fresh vegetables.我们的园子为我们提供新鲜蔬菜。
More and more vegetables and fruit are supplied to the army.越来越多的蔬菜和水果供应部队。
The programme aims to provide self-sufficiency for local needs.这项计划旨在使当地需要得以自足。
下面两句意思相同:
The bank promised to provide money for us.
The bank promised to provide us with
money.
银行答应给我们提供资金。

［同义词］   bestow, equip, fit, furnish, give, prepare, supply
［词源］  ＜中古英语providen＜拉丁语providere (预先看到而作准备,提供)