supply

中文： 供给、供应、供应量、供给量

1. The act of supplying. (uncountable)
2. An amount of something supplied. (countable) · A supply of good drinking water is essential.· She said, "China has always had a freshwater supply problem with 20 percent of the world’s population but only 7 percent of its freshwater".
3. The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself. (countable, uncountable) · Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay.· The supply of timber to the region's mills was lower than expected this month, owing to transport problems posed by wildfires.
4. Provisions. (countable, uncountable) · They are busy laying in supplies for the coming winter.
5. An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures. (countable, uncountable) · to vote supplies
6. Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute. (countable, uncountable)

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