provident

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future.
    — I saw your brother, Most provident in peril, bind himself, Courage and hope both teaching him the practise, To a strong mast that lived upon the sea;
  2. Showing care in the use of something (especially money or provisions), so as to avoid wasting it.
    — Grant us thy grace that we may be diligent in our businesse, just in our charges, provident of our time, watchfull in our dutie, carefull of every word we speak.
  3. Providing (for someone’s needs).
    — These advantages [the soil] receives from the culture of seeds, exclusive of the rest and manure, which is scattered upon it by that most provident of all cattle, sheep […]

词形变化

more provident comparative most provident superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
overprovident providently providentness unprovident
相关词
improvident providence provident fund provident society

词源

From Middle English provident, from Latin prōvidēns, prōvidentis, present participle of prōvideō (“to foresee; to be cautious; to provide”): compare French provident. By surface analysis, provide + -ent. Doublet of prudent.
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