conj. 倘若, 以...为条件

Provide \Pro*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provided}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Providing}.] [L. providere, provisum; pro before +
videre to see. See {Vision}, and cf. {Prudent}, {Purvey}.]
1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get,
collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
``Provide us all things necessary.'' --Shak.

2. To supply; to afford; to contribute.

Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit
As the kind, hospitable woods provide. --Milton.

3. To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by
with. ``And yet provided him of but one.'' --Jer. Taylor.
``Rome . . . was well provided with corn.'' --Arbuthnot.

4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as,
the contract provides that the work be well done.

5. To foresee.

Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is
vacant. See {Provisor}. --Prescott.


Provided \Pro*vid"ed\, conj.
On condition; by stipulation; with the understanding; if; --
usually followed by that; as, provided that nothing in this
act shall prejudice the rights of any person whatever.

Provided the deductions are logical, they seem almost
indifferent to their truth. --G. H. Lewes.

Note: This word is strictly a participle, and the word being
is understood, the participle provided agreeing with
the whole sentence absolute, and being equivalent to
this condition being previously stipulated or
established.