supply, offer, provide 的区别:
这组词都有“供给,装备”之意。
1. supply: "供给,补充,弥补",着重表示替换或不足所需之物以及弥补缺陷,满足要求的意思,还可作名
词,意为“供给(量),物资,存货”。
常用短语:supply the market with new
commodities 向市场供应新产品;
supply a want
弥补不足;
The book would be
incomplete without such discussions as I have tried to
supply.
如果没有我努力提供的这样一些论述,这本书就会显得不完整。
What I admire most in
my life is doctors and others supplying medical care to
assistance
recipients.
我一生中最敬佩的是那些向受援者提供医疗护理的医生和其他人。
2. offer: 常用词,意为"
提出,提供,呈现",表示向别人提供可接受也可拒绝的某物,如帮助,服务或物
品,这可能是对方要求也可能是自己主动提出的。
offer to help
sb. 表示愿意帮助某人
offer sb. sth./ offer
sth. to sb.提供某人某物。
The river would offer
power production estimated at 500,000 kilowatts if a dam
were
constructed.
如果筑起水坝,这条河就能提供大约50万千瓦的电力。
An international
corporation offered him a well-paid job, which he refused politely,
since
taking it would
involve traveling abroad most of the time.
一家跨国公司向他许诺一份待遇优厚的工作,而他婉言谢绝了,因为接受那项工作就意味着大多数时间都得
在国外出差。
3. provide: "供给,提供,装备,准备",强调有预见,并通过储存或准备的方式为某事做准备,以在需要时提
供所需物品。
常用词组:provide sb. with sth./ provide
sth. for sb.
提供生活费,养活,为……做准备。
Through the long days
his wife sought by every possible means to provide him with
occupation.
在漫长的日子里,他的妻子试图用各种可能的办法给他找事干。
As equipment
improved, satellites began providing scientists with weather maps
of the entire
globe.
设备改进后,人造卫星开始向科学家提供整个地球的气象图。
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