1.offer常常表示主动慷慨地给别人提供某物或主动提出帮助或建议等.其后可接双宾语,也可直接接动词不定式或名词、代词作宾语.另外它还可以表示“出价,报价”.
eg.The guesthouse offers all kinds of food to foreign visitors.
2.provide 意为“提供供应”通常表示出于某种责任的“供应”.provide常用于provide sb with sth 或provide sth for sb的结构中,但provide不接双宾语.
afford的意思是“有条件担负,支付得起”；offer的意思是“给予,提出,出价”；provide的意思是“提供,供给,为……做准备”,常与for,with一起连用.
例：John can’t afford to give so much time to it.
约翰花不起这么多时间来做这件事.
I don’t think we’ll be able to afford any travel any more.
我想我们没钱再旅行了.
They were friendly and even offered assistance.
他们很友好,甚至表示愿意帮助我们.
Mrs.Baines offered no comment on Susan’s situation.
贝恩太太对苏珊的处境未做任何评论.
On Sundays his landlord provided dinner as well as breakfast.
周日,他的房东为他既提供早餐又提供晚餐.
He provided for his family by working in a factory.
他靠在工厂做工来养家.
We must provide for the future.
我们必须为将来做好准备.
They provided us with a big supper= They provided a big supper for us.
3.supply指“供应,提供”时,通常不接双宾语.它常用于supply sth to sb或supply sb with sth这两个结构中.
The powerstation suplies electric power to us.= The power station supplies us with power.
4.afford表示“提供,给予”时,常用于抽象的事物,可接双宾语.它常用于afford sb sth或afford sth to sb这两个结构中.
This story will afford you much pleasure.= This story will afford much pleasure to you.
另外,afford 也可表示“买得起,花得起”.这时,其宾语可以是名词或不定式,通常是表示时间或金钱的词语,常与情态动词can,be able to连用.
Some students can't afford their tuition.
I still can't afford to buy such an expensive car.
Exercise:
1.Many people can't afford such expensive houses in the city.
2.Miss Li offered to help me learn English.
3.Our comany supplies three cheap meals to us every day.
4 Working in the country has afforded me a lot of happiness.
5.While I was in Beijing ,my friends provided me with free accommodations. 1.offer常常表示主动慷慨地给别人提供某物或主动提出帮助或建议等.其后可接双宾语,也可直接接动词不定式或名词、代词作宾语.另外它还可以表示“出价,报价”.
eg.The guesthouse offers all kinds of food to foreign visitors.
2.provide 意为“提供供应”通常表示出于某种责任的“供应”.provide常用于provide sb with sth 或provide sth for sb的结构中,但provide不接双宾语.
afford的意思是“有条件担负,支付得起”；offer的意思是“给予,提出,出价”；provide的意思是“提供,供给,为……做准备”,常与for,with一起连用.
例：John can’t afford to give so much time to it.
约翰花不起这么多时间来做这件事.
I don’t think we’ll be able to afford any travel any more.
我想我们没钱再旅行了.
They were friendly and even offered assistance.
他们很友好,甚至表示愿意帮助我们.
Mrs.Baines offered no comment on Susan’s situation.
贝恩太太对苏珊的处境未做任何评论.
On Sundays his landlord provided dinner as well as breakfast.
周日,他的房东为他既提供早餐又提供晚餐.
He provided for his family by working in a factory.
他靠在工厂做工来养家.
We must provide for the future.
我们必须为将来做好准备.
They provided us with a big supper= They provided a big supper for us.
3.supply指“供应,提供”时,通常不接双宾语.它常用于supply sth to sb或supply sb with sth这两个结构中.
The powerstation suplies electric power to us.= The power station supplies us with power.
4.afford表示“提供,给予”时,常用于抽象的事物,可接双宾语.它常用于afford sb sth或afford sth to sb这两个结构中.
This story will afford you much pleasure.= This story will afford much pleasure to you.
另外,afford 也可表示“买得起,花得起”.这时,其宾语可以是名词或不定式,通常是表示时间或金钱的词语,常与情态动词can,be able to连用.
Some students can't afford their tuition.
I still can't afford to buy such an expensive car.
Exercise:
1.Many people can't afford such expensive houses in the city.
2.Miss Li offered to help me learn English.
3.Our comany supplies three cheap meals to us every day.
4 Working in the country has afforded me a lot of happiness.
5.While I was in Beijing ,my friends provided me with free accommodations.