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单词 purvey
释义
purvey
verb[T]
formal
uk
/pəˈveɪ/us
/pɚˈveɪ/
toprovidegoodsorservicesas abusiness, or toprovideinformation:
供应（货物）；提供（服务或信息）
Thiscompanyhas purveyedclothingtothearmedforcesforgenerations.该公司世代为军队提供服装。
The president'sspeechwasintendedto purvey amessageofoptimism.总统的演讲旨在向大家传达一种乐观精神。
Synonyms
furnishsomeonewithsomethingformal
provide(SUPPLY)
provisionformal
supply
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Giving, providing and supplying
  • accommodate
  • accord
  • administer
  • administration
  • assignment
  • award
  • hand off
  • handsomethingin
  • handsomethingout
  • handsomethingover
  • handsomethinground
  • invest
  • lay
  • passing
  • rebid
  • regift
  • reprovision
  • resource
  • resupply
  • spare
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(Definition ofpurveyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

purvey| American Dictionary

purvey
verb[T]
fml
us
/pərˈveɪ/
toprovidefood,services, orinformationas abusiness:
The twomallshopspurveynearlyidenticalmerchandise.

purveyor

noun[C]us
/pərˈveɪ·ər/
fml
Radiostationsarepurveyorsofmusic,information, andcompanionship.
(Definition ofpurveyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

purvey| Business English

purvey
verb[T]
COMMERCEformal
uk
/pəˈveɪ/us
tosellgoodsorservicestocustomers:
Susan wasapproachedby agentlemanwho purveyedcounterfeitChanelperfume.
(Definition ofpurveyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpurvey

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Broers readily purveys phrases like ' utter incompatibility ' and ' irreconcilable conflict '170 - but the reader begins to wonder if more nuance is not called for.
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Theypurveymisleading images and slogans, appeal to emotional vulnerabilities, and foster unrealistic expectations, rather than convey useful information about cosmetic surgery.
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Proponents of the latter viewpurveya form of ' scientism ' (below), which is narrow in its purview and heavily dependent upon analogies with the more neurological end of psychiatric practice.
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On the other, the belief that, for women, 'true' fulfilment in life is to be found in the 'private', caring relationships of home and family remains widely held and purveyed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For that very reason, the press will insist on a full right to defend themselves against charges of purveying untruth.
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Is it not rather sad that tomorrow's man should still be trying topurveyyesterday's myths?
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Often people purveying alcohol or running amusement arcades seem to be the only ones interested in opening in the face of the recession.
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However, less ethical estate agents maypurveysuch information orally in an effort to persuade a prospective purchaser to complete a sale.
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This armament was purveyed with practically no monetary payment.
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There was nothing precious about it; nothing sought topurveyto people a quality of entertainment or a quality of culture they could not understand.
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It is owned and controlled by those whopurveythe news.
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They themselves never seem to be affected by what they are pushing or purveying.
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They said that the trade tells falsehoods about the commodity which it purveys.
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There is the question of the precise locale as to where the street trader shallpurveyhis goods.
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The people are being overcharged for this particular article, while in many of the industrial areas and other places an inferior article is being purveyed.
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