supply
单词辨析：
指主动给予帮助等，对方可以接受也可以拒绝。
The manager offered him a cigarette.
经理拿了一支烟给他。
He offered me shelter.
他给我提供了避难处。
He offered her a good job, but she turned it down.
他给她提供了一份好工作，但她拒绝了。
多指提供抽象的东西，可后接双宾语。
The room affords a fascinating sea view.
这房间可以看到迷人的海景。
It afforded him the opportunity to communicate with his foreign peers.
这给了他与外国的同龄人交流的机会。
既可指提供抽象的东西，又可指提供具体的东西。
Will these new finds furnish more clues surrounding the case?
这些新的发现是否会提供更多与案件有关的线索？
He was furnished with a list of local dealers.
他得到了一份当地经销商的名单。
指为某人提供需要或有用的东西，多用于 provide sth for sb 和provide sb with sth 结构中。
The restaurant provides free desserts for guests.
这家餐厅为客人提供免费甜点。
They have already provided me with everything I need.
他们已给我提供了所需要的一切。
The kids are provided with good food and clothing.
孩子们有良好的衣食供应。
It is the duty of the authorities to provide homes for the old.
当局有义务为老年人提供住所。
尤指长时间地定期供应所需或想要之物，多用于 supply sb with sth 和 supply sth to sb 结构中。
Steel for this project was supplied by an international company.
这个项目所用的钢材由一家国际公司提供。
They were arrested for supplying counterfeit medicine to street vendors.
他们因为向街头小贩提供假药而被捕。
Cows supply us with milk.
母牛供给我们牛奶。
We supply power to the five nearby towns.
我们给附近的5个城镇提供电力。
相关例句：
Most urban water supplies in the United States now contain fluoride in varying amounts.
现在美国大部分城市供水中都存在含量不一的氟化物。
The brain requires a constant supply of oxygen
大脑需要持续供氧。
Fresh water and other commodities are in short supply.
淡水和其他商品短缺。
Some barbecues can be plugged into a household electricity supply.
有一些烧烤炉能直接插到家用电源上。
The bombing campaign appears aimed at cutting the supply lines between Germany and its army in occupied France.
这次轰炸看起来意在切断德国和占领法国的德军部队之间的补给线。
Food is in short supply all over the country
全国普遍食品供应不足。