equip

将“equip”分解为“eq”和“quip”。想象你有一个“eq”（等于），然后你“quip”（装备、准备）自己，就像是“等于装备”或者“等同于装备”，这样的形象化联想可以帮助记忆这个单词的含义。

equip 配备

来自古法语esquiper, 船的配备，装载，词源同ship. 拼写参照etude, study.

equip

equip: [16] Etymologically, equip means ‘fit out or provide crew for a ship’. Its immediate source was French équiper, but this appears to have been a borrowing from Old Norse skipa ‘fit out a ship’, a verb derived from skip ‘ship’ (first cousin of English ship). The carliest examples of its use in English are in the much broader sense ‘supply with necessary materials’, and its specific links with the sea were soon severed.
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equip (v.)

1520s, from Middle French équiper "to fit out," from Old French esquiper "fit out a ship, load on board" (12c.), probably from Old Norse skipa "arrange, place in order," usually "fit out a ship," but also of warriors manning a hall and trees laden with ripe fruit, from skip "ship" (see ship (n.)). Related: Equipped; equipping. Similar words in Spanish and Portuguese ultimately are from Germanic.

1. Owners of restaurants would have to equip them to admit disabled people.

餐厅老板将必须在餐厅里配备能够接纳残疾人的设施。

2. Your education will equip you to earn a good living.

你所受的教育会使你过上富裕的生活.

3. We equip our children with a good education.

我们使孩子们受到良好的教育.

4. So he gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.

equip为及物动词,在此作“使有能力;使有资格;赋予”解.

5. The country did not possess the modern guns to equip the reserve army properly.

该国没有现代枪炮来给预备役部队提供适当装备。

【equip, furnish, present, provide, volunteer, propose, supply, offer, afford】
equip: 侧重提供与技术有关的装备或设备等
furnish: 多指添置家具等供给生活的必需品或为生活舒适提供所需的服务设施
present: 既可指提出意见建议等，又可指拿出某物供人欣赏或赠送
provide: 与supply近义，但强调人的深谋远虑，侧重用贮备等方法作充分准备
volunteer: 侧重出于自愿，而不是奉命做某事
propose: 指直接而主动地提出问题或建议等，也指在讨论或争辩中提出具体意见或建议
supply: 普通用词，指提供任何所需求的东西
offer: 多指主动提出或提供意见或东西等，但是否接受由对方自行决定
afford: 一般只用于对抽象事物提供，也可指经济能力上的供给或支付