supply
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/səˈplaɪ/
/səˈplaɪ/
Idioms - [countable] an amount of something that is provided or available to be used
供应量；供给量；储备 - Advances in agriculture increased the food supply.
农业的进步增加了粮食供应。 - Demand for skilled labour outstrips supply.
熟练劳动力供不应求。 - We ordered a month's supply of oil.
我们订购了一个月的石油供应。 - We cannot guarantee adequate supplies of raw materials.
我们不能保证提供充足的原料。
- Supplies of food are almost exhausted.
贮存的食物快吃完了。 - By the end of the winter the supply of grain was severely depleted.
冬季快要结束时，粮食供给已经消耗得差不多了。 - Domestic coal supplies were more plentiful in the 1950s.
20 世纪 50 年代，国内煤炭供应更为充足。 - He has an endless supply of corny jokes.
他有说不完的老掉牙的笑话。 - Hurry, as we only have a limited supply of these TVs in stock!
这些电视存货有限，欲购从速！ - I went to the office supply store.
我去了办公用品商店。 - The injured climbers had only meagre supplies of water and peanuts to live off.
受伤的登山者只剩下少量的水和花生赖以生存。 - It is impossible to measure the total supply of money in circulation.
无法计算出流通中的货币供应总量。 - Make sure you have an adequate supply of brochures.
确保宣传小册子供应充足。 - The body needs a fresh supply of vitamin C every day.
人体每天都需要新的维生素 C 供给。 - The farmers depend on a casual labour supply at harvest time.
农场主在收获季节需要依靠临时工。 - The studio produced a steady supply of good films.
这家制片厂不断制作优秀电影。 - There will soon be a shortfall in supply of qualified young people.
合格年轻人才的短缺将很快出现。 - We should lay in a good supply of beer for the party.
我们应该为聚会贮备大量的啤酒。 - a supply of spare batteries
备用电池的供给 - the provision of a reliable supply of clean water to rural communities
为乡村地区稳定地提供洁净水
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- total
- available
- endless
- …
- have
- get
- lay in
- …
- increase
- fall
- exceed demand
- …
- chain
- line
- network
- …
- supply of
- supply to
- be in short supply
- demand and supply
- supply and demand
- …
- Advances in agriculture increased the food supply.
- supplies[plural] the things such as food, medicines, fuel, etc. that are needed by a group of people, for example an army or expedition
（军队或探险队等的）补给，补给品 - Our supplies were running out.
我们的补给快用完了。 - food and medical supplies for refugees
难民食品和医疗用品
- The Red Cross flew emergency food supplies into the war zone.
红十字会把应急食物空运到战区。 - Rebel action threatened relief supplies.
叛乱威胁到了救济品的供应。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- abundant
- plentiful
- limited
- …
- bring
- bring in
- lay in
- …
- hold out
- last
- be depleted
- …
- supply of
- Our supplies were running out.
- [uncountable] the act of supplying something; the fact of receiving something that is being supplied
供应；供给；提供；补给 - the electricity/energy/gas supply
电力/能源/天然气供应 - The storm disrupted the town's power supply.
暴风雨使城市的电力供应中断。 - A stroke is caused by disruption to the blood supply to the brain.
中风是由大脑血液供应中断引起的。 - the supply of goods and services
商品和服务的提供 - a contract for the supply of timber
木材供应合同
- The UN has agreed to allow the supply of emergency aid.
联合国已同意允许提供紧急援助。 - A stroke can disrupt the supply of oxygen to the brain.
中风可导致大脑供氧中断。 - The electricity supply had been cut off.
电力供应被切断了。 - The electricity company disconnected our supply for non-payment of a bill.
电力公司因我们有一笔账没付而切断了我们的电。
- the electricity/energy/gas supply
词源late Middle English: from Old French soupleer, from Latin supplere ‘fill up’, from sub- ‘from below’ + plere ‘fill’. The early sense of the noun was ‘assistance, relief’ (chiefly a Scots use).
Idioms
in short supply
- not existing in large enough quantities to satisfy demand
不充裕；短缺；紧缺 - Basic foodstuffs were in short supply.
基本食物紧缺。 - Sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast.
西海岸将不会有充足的阳光。 - Safe drinking water is in desperately short supply.
安全饮用水极度短缺。
- Basic foodstuffs were in short supply.