providing引导的条件状语从句

providing引导的条件状语从句

1、CGI offers a standardized way of providing that 为提供这种能力提供了一个标准化的方法。

2、Secondly, providing that infrastructure in which the private sector will not invest第二,提供市场不会投资的基建

3、Computers can yield accurate results providing that they are fed with reliable information to start with.计算机可给出准确结果,如果给予它们可靠信息使之开始工作的话。

providing和provided可用于引导条件从句。

虽然 providing 和 provided 形式上为动词provide的现在分词和过去分词,但它们均可用作连词,引导条件状语从句,其意为“只要”(=as long as)、“如果”(=if)等。如:

Providing [Provided] you clear your desk by this evening, you can have tomorrow off. 只要你到今晚把案头上的工作做完,你明天就可以休息。

Providing [Providing] you promise not to tell anyone else. I’11 explain the secret. 只要你保证不告诉任何人,我就把这个秘密讲给你听。

Provided [Providing] that you keep quiet, you can come to the concert. 只要你保持安静,你就可以去听音乐会。

这类从句通常置于主句之前,但置于主句之后也是可能的。如:

I will stay here provided [providing] the climate agrees with me. 如果这里的气候合适的话,我就待下来。

You can borrow my bike providing [provided] you bring it back. 你可以借我的自行车,只要你还给我