英语supply是一个多词性的单词，我们应该要知道它每一种词性的汉语意思。
supplies
supply的用法1：supply的基本意思是“供应，提供”,指向某人提供某物或供应〔供给〕某人所需要的物品，引申可表示“满足”。
supply的用法2：supply是及物动词，接名词、代词或what从句作宾语。可用于被动结构。
supply的用法3：supply一般不用于supply sb sth 结构，而多用supply sth for〔to〕 sb 或supply sb with sth 结构。
英 [səˈplai] 美 [səˈplaɪ]
1. The relief supplies are being flown from a warehouse in Pisa.
救济物资正从比萨的一个仓库空运过来。
2. The first plane-loads of food, children's clothing and medical supplies began arriving.
首批飞机运送的食物、儿童衣物和药品开始抵达。
3. Water supplies and other public utilities were badly affected.
供水以及其他公用事业受到了严重影响。
4. They began to lay in extensive stores of food supplies.
他们开始储备大量食物。
5. The government is trying to replenish supplies by airlifting food.
政府正试图通过空投食品补充供应。
6. The Oxfam shops depend on regular supplies of saleable items.
乐施商店靠出售一些人们定期捐赠的适销物品维持经营。
7. The supplies need to be offloaded and put on helicopters.
这些补给要卸下来装上直升机。
8. These appliances should not be connected to power supplies.
这些家用电器不应该接通电源。
9. The State Water Project has shut off all supplies to farmers.
州水利工程项目已切断了对农场主的所有供水。
10. Conditions are getting worse and supplies are running out.
情况越来越糟糕，贮备物资也快用完了。
11. Marauding gangs of armed men have been looting food relief supplies.
持械抢劫团伙一直在四处抢劫救济食品。
12. Supplies are under increasing threat from overuse and pollution.
由于滥用和污染，供应正受到日益严重的威胁。
13. The rebels fled into the mountains, leaving behind their weapons and supplies.
叛军丢下武器和给养，逃进了山里。
14. A total cut-off of supplies would cripple the country's economy.
全面切断物品供应会使该国经济陷入瘫痪。
15. There's been talk of a retaliatory blockade to prevent supplies getting through.
有人在谈论实施报复性封锁，阻止供应物资通过。
1、 Poachers have been netting salmon to supply the black market.
盗猎者一直在捕捞大麻哈鱼到黑市上去卖。
2、 We gained a rich supply of data which would normally be inaccessible.
我们得到了通常难以获取的大量数据。
3、 There is a plentiful supply of arms on the black market.
黑市上有大量武器出售。
4、 As the baby suckles, a further supply of milk is generated.
婴儿吮吸时，会有更多的奶水流出来。
5、 The supply of money in circulation was drastically reduced overnight.
流通领域的货币供应量一夜骤减。
6、 They believed that controlling the money supply would reduce inflation.
他们相信控制货币供应量会减少通货膨胀。
7、 Food is in short supply all over the country.
全国普遍食品供应不足。
8、 Don'tforget that all dogs need a supply of fresh water to drink.
不要忘记所有的狗都需要喝新鲜的水。
9、 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。
10、 Researchers need a growing supply of corpses for dissection.
研究人员需要更多的供解剖用的尸体。
11、 The Afghan air force was using helicopters to supply the besieged town.
阿富汗空军正用直升机向被围城镇提供补给。
12、 The building had been trashed and its electricity supply cut.
那栋楼遭到打砸，电被切断。
13、 The demand for places at some schools exceeds the supply.
某些学校的入学申请人数超过了招生。
14、 Supply the missing word(s) and you could win a T-shirt.
填出所缺少的单词，你就会赢得一件T恤。
15、 He announced tough measures to limit the money supply.
他公布了限制货币供应的严厉措施。
provide与supply
两者均可表示“提供”，常可作同义词使用，两者在句型搭配方面有很大的相似性，所以放在一起讲述。 表示“为某人提供某物”，两者的主要句型如下：
（1） provide [supply] sb with sth
He provided us with a lot of useful information. 他向我们提供了许多有用的信息。
They used the money to supply the school with new textbooks. 他们用这钱给学校买了新课本。
但是在现代英语中，偶尔也可见到省略介词with的用例，即在provide和supply后接双宾语，但比较少见，考生宜慎用。
（2） provide sth for sb和supply sth to sb
The hotel provides a shoe-cleaning service for its residents. 这家旅馆为旅客提供刷鞋服务。
Two huge generators supply power to farms in the area. 两台巨型发电机给该地区的农场供电。
按传语法，在这两个结构中，动词provide与介词for搭配，动词supply与介词to搭配，但在现代英语中，此用法规也打破，有时可见到两个句型混用介词for和to的场合。
比较以下同义表达：
正：Sheep provides wool for us. 羊为我们提供羊毛。
正：Sheep provides us with wool. 羊为我们提供羊毛。
正：The school supplied textbooks for the students. 学校为学生提供教科书。
正：The school supplied the students with textbooks. 学校为学生提供教科书。
供给；补充；弥补（缺陷、损失等）
supply作为动词的用法
supply通常指定期“供应”，强调替代或补充所需物品，常用于supply sb.with sth.或supply sb.结构。
The cars will be supplied to people all over the country.
这些汽车将供应给全国各地的人们。
Cows supply us with milk.母牛供给我们牛奶。
In Britain milk is supplied to each house in bottles.
在英国牛奶是装在瓶子里送往每家每户的。
supply作为名词的用法
supply作为名词具有供给物；储备物质；粮食的意思
例如：
The country's only supplies are those it can import by lorry from Vietnam.
这个国家仅有的补给品是用卡车从越南进口来的
Fresh water and other commodities are in short supply.
淡水和其他商品短缺。
1、What happens when food and gasoline supplies run low?
如果食物和汽油供应减少，会出现什么情况呢？
2、The brain requires a constant supply of oxygen
大脑需要持续供氧。
3、Prices change according to supply and demand.
价格受供求关系的影响。
4、Supply the missing word （ s） and you could win a T-shirt.
填出所缺少的单词，你就会赢得一件T恤。
5、Food is in short supply all over the country
全国普遍食品供应不足。
vt. 供给；补充；弥补（缺陷、损失等）；向…提供（物资等）
n. 供给物；储备物质；粮食；
vi. 暂代他人职务；
1、 offer用作动词，也表示“提供”，但表示主动提供（所以主语通常是人），其后可接双宾语，若双宾语易位，用介词 to 引出间接宾语。如：
Offer the guests some coffee.=Offer some coffee to the guests. 给客人们来点咖啡。
表示主动愿意做某事，其后可接动词不定式，但不接动名词或从句。如：
她表示愿意开车送我去车站。
误：She offered driving me to the station.
误：She offered that she could drive me to the station.
正：She offered to drive me to the station.
2、 除表示主动提供外，还有一个常见用法是，表示在买卖中出价。比较以下句子：
He offered me the computer for 500 dollars. 他开价500 美元把那部电脑卖给我。
He offered me 500 dollars for the computer. 他出价500 美元向我买那部电脑。
现在分词： supplying
过去式： supplied
过去分词： supplied
供给物；储备物质；粮食