Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #1048
supply
提供；供给；配备
To provide something, or to furnish someone or something with what is needed.
- 1.
To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
提供(某物),使可供使用。
- 2.
To furnish or equip with.
提供；配备。
- 3.
To fill up, or keep full.
填满；保持满。
- 4.
To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
弥补；补充不足。
- 5.
To serve instead of; to take the place of.
代替；取代。
- 6.
To act as a substitute.
充当替代者；做替补。
- 7.
To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
暂时填补；代替他人(如空缺职位或职务)；占用；拥有。
补充；弥补；填满；代替；替代；顶替；代理；提供(某物),使可供使用。；提供；配备。；填满；保持满。
In use
The local farm supplies fresh vegetables to the supermarket every morning.
Could you supply me with a pen? I forgot mine.
The trucks supplied the mountain village with food last winter.
supply sth
The company supplies office equipment.
这家公司供应办公设备。
supply sb with sth
sb 是间接宾语，sth 是直接宾语，用 with 连接。
They supplied us with food and water.
他们给我们提供了食物和水。
supply sth to sb
被动语态中常用此结构，强调供应物到达的对象。
Electricity is supplied to every house.
Connections
Collocations
- supply someone with something
- 向某人提供某物
- The organization supplied the refugees with clean water.该组织向难民提供了清洁饮用水。
- supply something to someone
- 向某人供应某物
- The local farm supplies fresh vegetables to the city's restaurants.当地农场向这座城市的多家餐馆供应新鲜蔬菜。
- supply a need
- 满足需求
- The new warehouse will help supply the need for more storage space.新仓库将有助于满足对更多存储空间的需求。
- supply power
- 供应电力
- These wind turbines supply power to thousands of homes.这些风力涡轮机为数千户家庭供应电力。
- supply the market
- 向市场供货
- The company supplied the market with affordable smartphones.这家公司向市场供应价格实惠的智能手机。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 supply 記成「上補」的音：缺什麼就「補上」→ 提供、供給。例如 supply food「供應食物」。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：business、everyday requests、formal writing supply 作动词表示“提供、供给”时属于中性常用词，在商务、日常交流与正式书面语中都比较常见；常用搭配如 supply sb with sth 或 supply sth to sb，整体不限于特定正式或非正式场合。
Grammar Note
及物动词，常用结构：supply sb. with sth. 或 supply sth. to sb.
Pronunciation & Spelling
拼写以 -ply 结尾且押韵的：apply /əˈplaɪ/、reply /rɪˈplaɪ/、imply /ɪmˈplaɪ/、comply /kəmˈplaɪ/。rely /rɪˈlaɪ/ 押韵但拼写不同。supple /ˈsʌpəl/ 形似但发音不同，不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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