supplies ♦︎ stores ♦︎ rations ♦︎ provisionsThese are all words for essential items such as food and medicine.这些词均表示食物和药品之类的必需品。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆supplies / stores / rations of sth◆food supplies / stores / rations◆emergency supplies / rations / provisions◆medical / military supplies / stores◆to buy / stock up on supplies / provisions◆to run out of supplies / rations / provisions◆supplies / rations / provisions run out■supplies [plural] the things such as food, medicines and fuel that are needed by a group of people, for example an army, especially when these things are not easily available(军队等的)补给,补给品(尤指不易得到的)◆We were running short of supplies.我们的补给快用完了。◆They didn't stop, except to pick up essential supplies.除了去取必要的补给之外,他们一刻也不停留。■stores [plural] goods of a particular kind or for a particular purpose(某类或用作某种用途的)商品,物品◆The medical stores were kept in the cupboards in the back room.医疗用品存放在后屋的柜橱里。◆The car was packed with luggage and stores of food.汽车里装满了行李和食品。■rations ˈræʃnz [plural] a fixed amount of food given regularly to a soldier or to sb who is in a place where there is not much food available(给战士或食品短缺地区的人提供的)定量口粮◆We're on short rations(= allowed less than usual) until fresh supplies arrive.在新的补给到达之前,我们的配给口粮不足。◆Older people still remember what wartime rations were like.年长的人仍然记得战时口粮定量的情形。 see also ration ⇨ sharenoun■provisions prəˈvɪʒnz [plural] supplies of food and drink, especially for a long journey(尤指长途旅行时的)饮食供应◆We have enough provisions to last us two weeks.我们的食物足够用两周的。 see also provision ⇨ equipverb1