单词 | provident |
释义 | prov·i·dent (prŏvĭ-dənt, -dĕnt′) adj. 1. Providing for future needs or events: "a shelter with bunks, springs only, intended for provident hikers who carried sleeping bags" (Donald Hall). 2. Frugal; economical: provident in spending money. [Middle English, from Latin prōvidēns, prōvident-, present participle of prōvidēre, to provide for; see PROVIDE.] provi·dent·ly adv. |
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