provide和offer的用法

一、provide作"提供；供给"讲时;常用于以下结构：

1. 接名词作宾语..

It is said that the management will provide food and drink.

据说管理部门将供应饮食..

2. 用于provide sth. for sb.结构;即"向某人提供某物";也可用provide sth. 结构..这两者意思相同;可互换;但介词不可混淆..

They provided some necessary support for the sufferers.

他们为受难者提供了一些必要的援助..

二、provide作"规定"讲时;其后通常接从句作宾语..

The local law provides that valuable ancient buildings must be

protected by the government.

当地法律规定;政府必须保护那些有价值的古建筑..

三、provide常用的习语结构：

1. 为......作好准备；预防........

We should try our best to provide against the return of bird flu.

我们应该尽最大努力来预防禽流感的再次发生..

2. provide for 提供生活费;养活..

He provided for his family by selling newspapers.

他靠卖报来养活他的家人..

四、provide的过去分词形式provided和V-ing形式

一、 offer作动词的用法:

1. offer有"主动拿给;给予"的意思;相当于give; 后可接名词或代词作宾语;也可接双宾语;即offer sb sth =offer sth to sb; 如:

The young man offered the old man his own seat on the bus.

那个年轻人在公共汽车上将自己的座位让给了那个老人..

Many people willingly offered their blood.

很多人自愿献血..

No food was offered at the party.

聚会时没有提供食品..

2. offer作"提出、表示"解..如:

Johnson offered a new suggestion.

约翰逊提出了一个新建议..

We all went to offer congratulations.

我们都前去表示祝贺..

3. offer后接不定式;表示"主动提出做某事"..如:

She offered to lend me her bike. 她提出将自行车借给我..

The boy offered to pay for the desk he had broken.

那男孩主动提出赔偿被他弄坏的桌子..

4. offer还有"出售"、"出价"的意思..

① offer sth for money 以多少钱出售某物

He offered this bike for 600 yuan. 这辆自行车他要价600元..

② offer sb money for sth / to buy sth 出价多少购买某物

We offered him 10;000 yuan for his house. 我们愿出一万元钱来购买他的房子..

They offered him 3;000 yuan to buy the laptop.

他们愿出3;000元来买他的笔记本电脑..