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be provident with [money/food]
表示节约使用资源，尤指金钱或食物，避免浪费。
My grandmother was provident with her monthly pension.
我祖母对每月的养老金精打细算。
有远见的；深谋远虑的
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有远见的；深谋远虑的
planning carefully for the future; showing foresight
My grandmother was provident with her monthly pension.
我祖母对每月的养老金精打细算。
对未来表现出极大谨慎和周全考虑的。
Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.
对使用某物(尤指金钱或食物)精打细算以避免浪费的。
Showing care in the use of something (especially money or provisions), so as to avoid wasting it.
提供(某人所需)的；供给的。
Providing (for someone’s needs).
Being provident, she sets aside a portion of her salary each month.
由于有远见，她每个月都会存下一部分工资。
A provident person always plans for unexpected expenses.
一个有远虑的人总是为意外开支做计划。
The provident use of resources ensured the community survived the drought.
对资源的节俭使用确保了社区在干旱中幸存下来。
表示节约使用资源，尤指金钱或食物，避免浪费。
My grandmother was provident with her monthly pension.
我祖母对每月的养老金精打细算。
表示对未来谨慎考虑并提前做好准备。
They were provident in setting aside food for the winter.
他们在为冬天储备食物方面深谋远虑。
Not this
The government should provident enough food for the disaster area.
Use this
The government should provide enough food for the disaster area.
provident 是形容词，表示“有远见的、节俭的”，不能直接带宾语；表达“提供”时要用动词 provide。这里把 provident 改成 provide 作谓语才正确。
Not this
It was provident that we arrived before the storm.
Use this
It was providential that we arrived before the storm.
provident 意为“深谋远虑的、精打细算的”，不表示“幸运、凑巧”；表示“侥幸的、仿佛是上天安排的”要用 providential。根据句意，“暴风雨前赶到”是幸运或巧合，所以应用 providential。
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公积金；储备基金
The government encourages workers to contribute to a provident fund for their retirement.
政府鼓励职工为退休向公积金缴款。
深谋远虑的规划；前瞻性规划
The city's provident planning prevented major flood damage this year.
这座城市深谋远虑的规划今年避免了重大洪灾。
互助储蓄会；互济会
A provident society helps its members with medical expenses.
互助储蓄会帮助其成员支付医疗费用。
花钱精打细算；节约用钱
My grandfather is very provident with money and never wastes a penny.
我祖父花钱很精打细算，从不浪费一分钱。
节俭的习惯；精打细算的习惯
She developed provident habits after years of living on a small income.
多年依靠微薄收入生活后，她养成了节俭的习惯。
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联想provide（提供）：提前为未来提供储备，所以有远见又节俭。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、financial planning、policy discussion provident 通常用于正式书面语，多指为未来做谨慎周到的安排，尤其涉及经济规划；日常口语或非正式写作中较少出现。
与 provident 真正押韵的常见词只有 improvident /ɪmˈprɒvɪdənt/。注意拼写相似的 evident /ˈɛvɪdənt/、resident /ˈrɛzɪdənt/、president /ˈprɛzɪdənt/ 重读元音是 /ɛ/；confident /ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ 虽也是 /ɒ/，但后续辅音不同；accident /ˈæksɪdənt/ 的元音是 /æ/。这些词都不与 provident 押韵。
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