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provide for sb phrase
⇨ provide for sb provide for sb phrasal verb ➡ See also the entry for ⇨ serve 2 另见serve条第2义provide for sb ♦︎ support ♦︎ keep ♦︎ maintainThese words all mean to give sb/sth everything necessary to live or exist. 这些词均表示提供生活或生存所需。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to provide for / support / keep / maintain a / your family / children / wife / husband◆to provide for / support / keep / maintain yourself◆to support / maintain sb financially■ proˈvide for sb phrasal verb to give sb the things that they need to live, such as food, money and clothing 提供生活所需（如衣食和钱）◆Local authorities must do more to provide for children in need.地方政府必须更加努力为贫困儿童提供基本的生活保障。◆He provided for her in his will.他在遗嘱中为她提供了基本生活费用。■ support [transitive] to provide for sb financially over a period of time; to provide the money or conditions necessary for sth to exist or continue 资助；扶养；赡养；维持◆Mark has two children to support from his first marriage.马克得扶养他第一次婚姻所生的两个孩子。◆He turned to crime to support his drug habit.他为了维持吸毒的恶习走上了犯罪的道路。◆The atmosphere of Mars could not support life.生物无法在火星的大气环境中生存。▸ support noun [uncountable] ◆She has no visible means of support (= no work or income).她没有明确的生计来源。■ keep (kept, kept) [transitive] (BrE) to provide for sb financially over a period of time 供养；养活◆He scarcely earns enough to keep himself and his family.他挣的钱几乎不能养活他自己和家人。◆ (disapproving) I need to work－I can't go on being a kept man (= supported financially by, for example, my wife).我要工作－我不能一直靠别人养活。ⓘ In American English keep is only used in this meaning in the phrase a kept man/woman. 在美式英语中，keep的这个词义仅限用于短语a kept man/woman。▸ keep noun [uncountable] ◆It's about time you got a job to earn your keep.你该找个工作挣钱养活自己了。■ maintain [transitive] (rather formal) to provide for sb financially over a period of time 供养；养活◆Her income was barely enough to maintain one child, let alone three.她挣的钱几乎不够养活一个孩子，更别说三个了。▸ maintenance / /ˈmeɪntənəns/ / noun [uncountable] (BrE, law 法律) ◆He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.他必须付给前妻生活费。NOTE 辨析 Which word?You can provide for sb on a continuous basis, or by making one large payment that will give them enough to live on in the future. If you keep, support or maintain sb you provide for them on a continuous basis over a period of time. Support emphasizes the help that you give to sb; keep sometimes puts more emphasis on the fact that sb is unable or unwilling to provide for themselves, and can be disapproving. * provide for sb可指长期提供生活费，也可指一次性大笔付齐将来的生活费用。keep、support和maintain指长期提供生活费。support强调给予他人帮助，keep有时较强调某人不能或不愿意自食其力，因此可能带有贬义◆I don't want to be a kept woman.我不想成为靠别人养活的女人。 Maintain is less frequent and more formal. * maintain较少用，且较正式。 |