provide是动词，意思是提供；供应；给予；规定。它的第三人称单数是provides，现在分词是providing，过去式是provided，过去分词是provided。
providesthforsb还是providesthtosb
是providesthforsb，为某人提供某物，for表示为了...，表示目的。
例句
1.The treaty provides that, by the end of the century, the United States must have removed itsbases.
条约规定，到本世纪末，美国必须撤除其基地。
2.The government was not in a position to provide them with food.
政府不可能给他们提供食物。
3.he Act provides that only the parents of a child have a responsibility for that child's financial support.
法令规定只有孩子的父母才有责任为孩子提供经济支持。
4.Fresh fruit and vegetables provide fibre and vitamins.
新鲜水果和蔬菜提供植物纤维素和维生素。
5.They provide design services and do printing and packaging.
他们提供设计服务，还进行印刷和包装。
6.Provide them with additional background or with supplementary information.
给他们提供额外的背景资料或补充信息。