furnish

• vt. 提供；供应；装备

来自PIE*pro, 向前，准备，词源同forth, from, frame. 引申词义供应，提供。

1. provide or furnish with;

"We provided the room with an electrical heater"

2. provide or equip with furniture;

"We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"

furnish

furnish: [15] Far apart as they may now seem, furnish is closely parallel in its development with frame. Both originated as verbs based on from, in its earliest signification ‘forward movement, advancement, progress’. Frame was a purely English formation, but furnish goes back beyond that to prehistoric Germanic, where it was formed as *frumjan. This was borrowed into Vulgar Latin as *fromīre, which in due course diversified to *formīre and *fornīre, the form adopted into Old French as furnir.

Its lengthened stem furniss- provided English with furnish. To begin with this retained the ancestral sense ‘advance to completion, accomplish, fulfil’ (‘Behight [promise] no thing but that ye may furnish and hold it’, Melusine 1500). However, this died out in the mid 16th century, leaving the field clear for the semantic extension ‘provide’. The derivative furniture [16] comes from French fourniture, but its main meaning, ‘chairs, tables, etc’, recorded from as early as the 1570s, is a purely English development (the majority of European languages get their word for ‘furniture’ from Latin mōbīle ‘movable’: French meubles, Italian mobili, Spanish muebles, German möbel, Swedish möbler, Dutch meubelen, Russian mebel’ – indeed, even Middle English had mobles, though it retained the broader meaning ‘movable property’).

By another route, Old French furnir has also given English veneer.
=> from, furniture, veneer

furnish (v.)

mid-15c., "fit out, equip, to provision" (a castle, ship, person); "provide (soldiers)," from Old French furniss-/forniss-, present participle stem of furnir/fornir "accomplish, carry out; equip, fit out; provide" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *fornire, alteration of *fromire, from West Germanic *frumjan "forward movement, advancement" (source also of Old High German frumjan "to do, execute, provide"), from Proto-Germanic *fram- "forwards" (see from). General meaning "to provide" (something) is from 1520s; specifically "provide furniture for a room or house" from 1640s. Related: Furnished; furnishing.

equip, furnish, supply, provide, afford

这些动词都含有"提供，供给"之意。

equip： 侧重提供与技术有关的装备或设备等。

furnish： 多指添置家具等供给生活的必需品或为生活舒适提供所需的服务设施。

supply： 普通用词，指提供任何所需求的东西。

provide与supply近义，但强调人的深谋远虑，侧重用贮备等方法作充分准备。

afford： 一般只用于对抽象事物提供，也可指经济能力上的供给或支付。

You've already furnished your apartment?

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Its rooms are well furnished but dimly lit.

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It is furnished like one in a royal palace.

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"The valuable examples which they furnish of the power of self-help, of patient purpose, resolute working and steadfast integrity, issuing in the formation of truly noble and manly character, exhibit," wrote Smiles, " what it is in the power of each to ac

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The room was furnished with antiques.

房间里摆放了古董。

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She furnished him with the facts surrounding the case.

她向他提供了与案件有关的事实。

牛津词典

Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques.

许多经营者都想用古董装饰他们的酒店。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They'll be able to furnish you with the rest of the details.

他们将可向你提供其余的细节。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

To furnish or serve as evidence; testify.

作证,证明:提供证据,作为证据; 作证.

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Please furnish us with a catalogue and price list together with samples, if available.

如果可能,请寄我方一份目录,价目单以及样品.

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Some fixture manufacturers even refused to furnish their fixtures when Sloan Flushometers were to be installed.

有些卫生洁具制造商甚至拒绝在他们的洁具上安装思龙冲水阀.

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Please furnish us with some samples for free distribution.

翻译下面的句子:请寄给我们一些样品供免费分发.

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We can furnish everything you need for a successful party.

我们可以为你提供办一个成功的聚会所需的一切.

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Applicant and sponsor may be required to furnish additional documents and information whenever necessary.

必要时,申请人和主申请人可能会被要求提供更多的文件和资料.

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Philosophy is under no obligation to furnish ready and handy answers.

而不是提供现成的答案.

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Could you furnish us with the names and addresses your clients?

你能给我们提供客户名称及通讯地址 吗 ?

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They scouted around for some antiques to furnish their new apartment.

他们到处搜罗一些古董来装饰新居.

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Can you furnish the committee with statements of the costs?

你能把开支清单提交委员会 吗 ?

《简明英汉词典》

His proposal shall furnish the basis for our discussion.

他的提议成为我们讨论的依据.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.

我一定要向对手提供争论点, 但并无予以理解的必要.

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Can you see me knowing how to furnish a house?

你能想象我懂得怎样布置一所房子 吗 ?

《现代英汉综合大词典》

I should be glad to have a personal interview and can furnish references if desired.

如获面谈机会,将非常高兴;如需人推荐,本人亦可提供.

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His house is spacious and commodious, and furnish with profusion and elegance.

他的房子宽敞而便利, 布置得富丽优雅.

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How are you going to furnish the house?

你将如何布置房子?

辞典例句

We hope you will furnish us with further mutually profitable offers in the future.

希望将来能以更优惠的报盘提供给本公司.

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To furnish with a brace.

用支柱安装.

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Parents try their best to furnish their children with what they need.

2家长们都尽力为孩子们提供一切所需.

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Mixed furnish: Referring to furnishes which contain more than one type of pulp.

混合配料: 指含有多于一种浆料的配料.

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Schools and teachers may furnish parents of students with guidance for family education.

学校、教师可以对学生家长提供家庭教育指导.

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No one in the class could furnish the right answer to the question.

班上没有一个人能给出问题的正确答案.

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Bodies connected to each other by certain energy storage or energy dissipation devices furnish additional examples.

用某种能量存储或散逸装置相互连接的物体则是这种情况的另一例子.

辞典例句

We propose to furnish our own house according to our own taste.

我们建议按自己的爱好布置自己的房子.

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