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预备,准备,粮食,食物,供应,规定供给…食物及必需品
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Provision \Pro*vi"sion\, n. [L. provisio: cf. F. provision. See
{Provide}.]
1. The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
--Shak.
2. That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought
together or arranged in advance; measures taken
beforehand; preparation.
Making provision for the relief of strangers.
--Bacon.
3. Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables
collected or stored; -- often in the plural.
And of provisions laid in large, For man and beast.
--Milton.
4. That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a
previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a
contract; the statute has many provisions.
5. (R. C. Ch.) A canonical term for regular induction into a
benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and
installation.
6. (Eng. Hist.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before
it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of
presentation. --Blackstone.
Provision \Pro*vi"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provisioned}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Provisioning}.]
To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
They were provisioned for a journey. --Palfrey.
资料来源 : WordNet®
provision
n 1: a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one
provision" [syn: {proviso}]
2: the activity of supplying or providing something [syn: {supply},
{supplying}]
3: the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in
the event of something happening; "his planning for
retirement was hindered by several uncertainties" [syn: {planning},
{preparation}]
4: a store or supply of something (especially of food or
clothing or arms)
provision
v : supply with provisions [syn: {purvey}]