Provision

(noun.) the activity of supplying or providing something.

(noun.) a stipulated condition; 'he accepted subject to one provision'.

(noun.) a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms).

(verb.) supply with provisions.

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• A cocoanut shell always has a soft spot at one end because this is the provision nature has made to allow the embryo of the future tree to push its way out of the hard shell. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Hence, provision was made for carrying a large stock of oil, and for giving a certain period of rest to that already used. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It is a poor form of social service that would exhaust the resources of science and philanthropy to care for the former without making any special provision fo r the latter. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The making out of provision returns was stopped for the time. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Special provision was also made for injecting streams of pulverized coal in such manner as to create the largely extended zone of combustion. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was as if she would never have done weaving the great provision of her thoughts. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• To be justified in your eyes, he must do it in the most complete uncertainty of any provision. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Provisions are thereby rendered dearer, in the same manner as if it required extraordinary labour and expense to raise them. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He immediately signalled to the cruiser to send water, medicine, and provisions, and another boat made the perilous trip to the Arrow. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• When he foresees that provisions are likely to run short, he puts them upon short allowance. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• You will be to visit me in prison with a basket of provisions; you will not refuse to visit me in prison? 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The two gentlemen, and some others, were so generous and kind as to furnish me with provisions, and see me on board. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• They voted an aid of ten thousand pounds, to be laid out in provisions. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Some of the women went back to the village for provisions, while others remained behind to look after the wounded. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Nashville was, at that time, one of the best provisioned posts in the South. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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