provision
provision 英 [prəˈvɪʒn] 美 [prəˈvɪʒən]
n. 提供，供给；条款 vt. 供给…食物及必需品
进行时:provisioning 过去式:provisioned 过去分词:provisioned 第三人称单数:provisions 名词复数:provisions
- A provision is a store or supply of something, like food or clothing. This noun can also describe the planning you do for "when something happens."
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- n. 提供，供给；条款
- vt. 供给…食物及必需品
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1. housing provision
住房供应
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2. There is no provision for anyone to sit down here.
这里没有可坐的地方。
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3. The provision of specialist teachers is being increased.
当局正在增加设置专门师资。
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4. He had already made provisions for his wife and children before the accident.
意外事故发生之前，他已为妻子、儿女做好了经济安排。
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5. You should make provision forthings going wrong.
你要采取措施，以防不测。
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6. Under the provisions of the lease, the tenant is responsible for repairs.
按契约规定，房客负责房屋维修。
- provision (n.) late 14c., "a providing beforehand, action of arranging in advance" (originally in reference to ecclesiastical appointments made before the position was vacant), from Old French provision "precaution, care" (early 14c.), from Latin provisionem (nominative provisio) "a foreseeing, foresight, preparation, prevention," noun of action from past participle stem of providere "look ahead" (see provide). Meaning "something provided" is attested from late 15c.; specific sense of "supply of food" is from c. 1600.
- provision (v.) "to supply with provisions," 1787, from provision (n.). Related: Provisioned; provisioning.
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