商务英语中熟悉的陌生人：“Provision”

Provision： [prə’vɪʒn]  商务短语搭配：Make provision for sth/under the provision of sth

常用语义：A condition in an agreement or law （规定、条款）

商务语义1：An amount of money that a company keeps for a particular purpose or to deal with possible problems of expenses in the future. （准备金）

用例：Profit before taxation was £20m, in comparison with the £32m achieved in the previous year. This disappointing result includes a provision of £26m on one project, due to costs exceeding the guaranteed maximum price quoted to the client. { 例句出处：《剑桥BEC高级真题集第四辑：P77》}

翻译：税前利润为20万英镑，与去年所获得的32万的利润相比，这个结果让人失望。主要原因是：给客户许诺的一个项目最高报价超出了预算，公司拿出了26万英镑的准备金拨给了这个项目。

商务语义2：The act of supplying sb with sth that they need or want. For instance, Food, drink, and other supplies.（食品饮料或其它用品的预备供应、供给）

用例1：The chart below shows the distribution of positive and negative responses given in a market survey about service provision at a leisure centre. { 例句出处：《剑桥BEC高级真题集第三辑：P57》}

用例2：The price may be an increase in their redundancy package, provision of career counselling, or an agreement to hire them back as consultants. { 例句出处：《剑桥BEC高级真题集第三辑：P46》}

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