offer用于表示主动地提供服务、工作等。provide用于表示不是出于主动慷慨之意地为人或物提供需要或有用的东西，仅仅是出于某种责任。
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一、offer的用法
1、offer用作动词的基本意思是“主动拿出”,可指主动提供某事物供考虑、接受或拒绝,或为某物出价,也可指主动提出建议、意见等。还可表示“主动做(某事)”。
2、offer作“动提供,主动提出; 出价”解时,用作及物动词时,接名词、代词或动词不定式作宾语,也可接双宾语,其间接宾语可以转化为介词to的宾语, offer有时还可接以as短语充当补足语的复合宾语,此时的宾语通常为反身代词。
3、offer作“表示愿意”解时,既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。 用作及物动词时,通常只接动词不定式作宾语。
4、offer也可表示“发生,出现,呈现”,用作不及物动词; 还可表示“为(某事物)提供机会”“给予”,用作及物动词。
5、offer用作名词可表示“提议,提供”也可指“提供考虑的数量”“出价”,是可数名词,一般用于单数形式。
二、provide的用法
1、provide用作及物动词时,可表示“提供,供给,供应,装备”,后可接名词或代词作简单宾语; 还可接双宾语,常用介词for引出间接宾语,也可用介词with引出直接宾语,有时with可省略。
2、provide还可表示法律、规章、协议等的“规定”,往往作为条件提出使之能按照某人的.意愿或某种规则履行,后常接that引起的从句,从句中可以用shall, should, must, may, ought to等,用should,must, ought to时,语气较重,用may时,语气较轻,用shall时,指当前,语气一般,也可用虚拟语气。
3、provide用于表示不是出于主动慷慨之意地为人或物提供需要或有用的东西，仅仅是出于某种责任。主要用于表达提供必须或有用的东西，尤指生活用品。
They have been offered a sum of money to go away.They turned down the plan because of the lack of money. And they were determined to stay here.
有人出一笔钱让他们离开。因为钱太少他们拒绝了那个方案。并且他们决定留在这儿。
1.
VERB 提供；给予
If you offer something to someone, you ask them if they would like to have it or use it.
He has offered seats at the conference table to the Russian leader and the president of Kazakhstan…
他已邀请俄罗斯领导人和哈萨克斯坦总统参加会谈。
2.
VERB （主动）表示愿意（做某事）；提议
If you offer to do something, you say that you are willing to do it.
Peter offered to teach them water-skiing…
彼得主动提出教他们滑水。
3.
N-COUNT 提供（物）；给予（物）；提议
An offer is something that someone says they will give you or do for you.
The offer of talks with Moscow marks a significant change from the previous western position…
提议与莫斯科举行会谈标志着西方立场的重大转变。
4.
VERB 提供（信息、建议等）；作出（表扬）
If you offer someone information, advice, or praise, you give it to them, usually because you feel that they need it or deserve it.
They manage a company offering advice on mergers and acquisitions…
他们经营着一家为兼并收购业务提供咨询的公司。
5.
VERB 给予，表示（爱、友谊等）
If you offer someone something such as love or friendship, you show them that you feel that way towards them.
The President has offered his sympathy to the Georgian people…
总统对格鲁吉亚人民表示了同情。
6.
VERB （向上帝或神）奉献（祈祷、赞美），祭献（牺牲）
If people offer prayers, praise, or a sacrifice to God or a god, they speak to or give something to their god.
Church leaders offered prayers and condemned the bloodshed…
教会领袖向上帝祈祷并谴责流血事件。
Offer up means the same as offer .
He should consider offering up a prayer to St Lambert.
他应当考虑向圣朗贝尔祷告。
7.
VERB （机构等）提供，给予（服务、产品等）
If an organization offers something such as a service or product, it provides it.
We have been successful because we are offering a quality service…
我们因提供的服务水准一流一直经营得很成功。
8.
N-COUNT （商品的）特价，特惠
An offer in a shop is a specially low price for a specific product or something extra that you get if you buy a certain product.
This month’s offers include a shirt, trousers and bed covers…
本月的特价商品包括一款衬衫、裤子和多种床罩。
9.
VERB （买方）出（价），开（价）
If you offer a particular amount of money for something, you say that you will pay that much to buy it.
Whitney has offered $21.50 a share in cash for 49.5 million Prime shares…
惠特尼公司开出每股21.50美元的现金价收购4,950 万股普赖姆公司的股票。
10.
N-COUNT （买方的）报价，开价；赔偿金
An offer is the amount of money that someone says they will pay to buy something or give to someone because they have harmed them in some way.
The lawyers say no one else will make me an offer…
律师说不会再有人给我出价了。
11.
PHRASE 具有某种品质（或能力）
If you have something to offer, you have a quality or ability that makes you important, attractive, or useful.
In your free time, explore all that this incredible city has to offer.
您可以在闲暇时间探索这座美妙城市的各种风情。
12.
PHRASE 提供的；供使用的；待售的
If there is something on offer, it is available to be used or bought.
Savings schemes are the best retail investment products on offer.
储蓄方案是现有的最佳零售投资产品。
13.
PHRASE 愿意考虑买方出价；愿意接受合理报价
If you are open to offers, you are willing to do something if someone will pay you an amount of money that you think is reasonable.
It seems that while the Kiwis are keen to have him, he is still open to offers.
看来尽管新西兰几维队很想与他签约，他仍然欢迎其他球队开价。
offer
v.主动提出；自愿给予；提供(东西或机会)；供应；奉献，祭献(给上帝)
n.主动提议；建议；出价；报价；(通常为短期的)减价，削价；处理价；特价