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provide sb (with sth) | provide sth (for sb) to give sth to sb or make it available for them to use 提供；供应；给予 ◆ Your website should provide the information that customers need. 你们的网站应提供顾客所需资料。 ◆ The bank has provided the company with a three-year loan. 银行向这家公司提供了一笔三年期的贷款。 SYN supply
( ) provide that (about a law or rule) to state that sth will or must happen （法律或规则）规定 ◆ The final section provides that any work produced for the company is thereafter owned by the company. 最後一节规定此後为公司创作的一切作品都归本公司所有。 SYN stipulate ➡ provision
to prepare to deal with sth that is going to happen or that might happen in the future, especially sth bad or unpleasant 为…做好准备（尤指糟糕的或不愉快的事） ◆ You should start saving now to provide for your retirement. 你应该现在开始储蓄以便为退休做好准备。 ◆ This was a contingency (= an event) we had not provided for.这是一起我们毫无准备的意外事件。
( ) (about a law, rule, etc.) to make it possible for sth to be done （法律、规定等）作出规定；使…有据可依；使…可以做 ◆ The agreement will provide for a possible extension of at least two years. 协议规定有可能延长至少两年。