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词义分析: “Supply” 既可以做名词,也可以做动词。

  • 作为名词,“supply” 通常指供应品,供应量,或者是供应源头。比如我们可以说,water supply 是水的供应。

  • 作动词时,“supply” 是指提供,补给,或者满足需求。例如,the supermarket supplies us with food 意思是,超市为我们提供食物。

例句

  1. The city’s water supply was polluted. (城市的水源被污染了。)
  2. The company supplies office equipment to businesses. (这家公司为企业提供办公设备。)
  3. There’s a plentiful supply of food in the pantry. (食品柜里的食物供应充足。)

词根为 “-ply”,其在拉丁语中意为 “fold”(折叠)。

“supply” 的词缀为 “sub-”, 它是一个前缀,意味着 “从下面”或”在……下面”。

“Supply” 这个词汇在英文中非常普遍,源自拉丁语 “supplere”,意为 “to fill up, complete”。在商业、贸易、经济等各个领域都有广泛应用,是商务英语热门词汇之一。

  • 动词: supply, supplies, supplied, supplying(供应,供应,供应了,供应中)
  • 名词: supply, supplies(供应,供应品)

想象一下你在超市购物,超市有各种商品供应。(Supply is like super market, it provide various goods to us.)

Once upon a time, there was a tiny city in the forest where the water supply was limited. One summer, the city suffered a drought. Luckily, a kind traveler supplied them with water to ease the crisis.(从前,森林中有一个小城市,水供应有限。一个夏天,城市经受了干旱。幸运的是,一个善良的旅行者为他们提供了水,以缓解危机。)