1、provide

供給；提供；給予

I'll be glad to provide a copy of this.

我很愿意提供它的一個副本。

They would not provide any details.

他們不愿提供任何細節。

（法律或協議）規定

The treaty provides that, by the end of the century, the United States must have removed its bases.

條約規定，到本世紀末，美國必須撤除其基地。

The Act provides that only the parents of a child have a responsibility for that child's financial support.

法令規定只有孩子的父母才有責任為孩子提供經濟支持。

2、encourage

鼓勵;激勵

When things aren't going well, he encourages me, telling me not to give up.

事情進展不順的時候，他鼓勵我說不要放棄。

使有希望;使有信心

Investors were encouraged by the news.

那個消息給了投資者信心。

Mr Blair said he had been encouraged by recent Irish statements about the issue.

布萊爾先生說最近愛爾蘭有關這一問題的申明使他看到了希望。

鼓動；勸說；慫恿

We want to encourage people to go fishing, not put them off.

我們希望鼓勵人們去垂釣，而不是打消他們的熱情。

Herbie Hancock was encouraged by his family to learn music at a young age.

赫爾比·漢考克年幼時家人就鼓勵他學音樂。