supply: [14] Latin supplēre meant ‘fill up, complete’. It was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under, from below’, hence ‘up’, and plēre ‘fill’ (source of English accomplish, complete, etc). The sense ‘provide’ evolved via the notion of ‘making good a deficiency, fulfilling a need’. The original meaning is better preserved in supplement [14], whose Latin ancestor supplēmentum was derived from supplēre. => accomplish, complete, full, plus, supplement, surplus
supply (v.)
late 14c., "to help, support, maintain," also "fill up, make up for," from Old French soupplier "fill up, make full" (Modern French suppléer) and directly from Latin supplere "fill up, make full, complete," from sub "up from below" (see sub-) + plere "to fill" (see pleio-). The meaning "furnish, provide" first recorded 1520s. Related: Supplied; supplying.
supply (n.)
early 15c., "assistance, relief, act of supplying," from supply (v.). Meaning "that which is provided, quantity or amount of something provided" is attested from c. 1600. Meaning "person who temporarily takes the place of another" (especially a minister or preacher) is from 1580s. In the political economy sense (corollary of demand (n.)) it dates from 1776; supply-side (adj.) in reference to economic policy is attested from 1976; as a noun by 1922. Supplies "necessary provisions held for distribution and use" is from c. 1650.
双语例句
1. Poachers have been netting salmon to supply the black market.
盗猎者一直在捕捞大麻哈鱼到黑市上去卖。
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2. We gained a rich supply of data which would normally be inaccessible.
我们得到了通常难以获取的大量数据。
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3. There is a plentiful supply of arms on the black market.
黑市上有大量武器出售。
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4. As the baby suckles, a further supply of milk is generated.
婴儿吮吸时，会有更多的奶水流出来。
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5. The supply of money in circulation was drastically reduced overnight.
