supply
supply 英 [səˈplaɪ] 美 [səˈplaɪ]
n. 供给，补给； v. 供给，补给
进行时:supplying 过去式:supplied 过去分词:supplied 第三人称单数:supplies 名词复数:supplies
- To supply the definition of a word is to provide that definition. That's supply used as a verb. If you're talking about the noun, however, then the supply is the thing itself.
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- n. 供给，补给；
- v. 供给，补给
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1. The water supply is unsafe.
供水不稳定。
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2. Supplies of food are almost exhausted.
贮存的食物快吃完了。
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3. Our supplies were running out.
我们的补给快用完了。
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4. The electricity supply had been cut off.
电力供应被切断了。
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5. Foreign governments supplied arms to the rebels.
一些外国政府向反叛者提供武器。
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6. Foreign governments supplied the rebels with arms.
一些外国政府向反叛者提供武器。
- supply (n.) early 15c., "assistance, relief, act of supplying," from supply (v.). Meaning "that which is provided, quantity or amount of something provided" is attested from c. 1600. Meaning "person who temporarily takes the place of another" (especially a minister or preacher) is from 1580s. In the political economy sense (corollary of demand (n.)) it dates from 1776; supply-side (adj.) in reference to economic policy is attested from 1976; as a noun by 1922. Supplies "necessary provisions held for distribution and use" is from c. 1650.
- supply (v.) late 14c., "to help, support, maintain," also "fill up, make up for," from Old French soupplier "fill up, make full" (Modern French suppléer) and directly from Latin supplere "fill up, make full, complete," from assimilated form of sub "up from below" (see sub-) + plere "to fill" (from PIE root *pele- (1) "to fill"). The meaning "furnish, provide" first recorded 1520s. Related: Supplied; supplying.
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