mindmap root((采纳吸收包<br>容操作提供)) provide suggests foresight and stresses the idea of making adequate preparation by stocking or equipping: ~ suitable accommodations. supply may stress the idea of replacing, or making up what is needed, or of satisfying a deficiency: foods that ~ needed protein and vitamins to the diet. furnish may emphasize the idea of fitting with what is needed or, sometimes, normal or desirable: the porcupine, ~ed by nature with a built-in defense. handle implies directing an acquired skill to the accomplishment of immediate ends: ~d the crisis with cool efficiency. manipulate implies adroit handling and often suggests the use of craft or fraud to attain one's ends: brutally ~s other people for his own selfish ends. wield implies mastery or vigor in handling a tool or a weapon or in exerting influcence, authority, or power: the news media ~ a tremendous influence on the electorate. contain implies the actual presence of a specified substance or quantity within something: the can ~s about a quart of oil. hold implies the capacity of containing or keeping: the container will ~ a gallon of liquid. accommodate implies holding without crowding or inconvenience: the banquet hall can ~ 500 diners. absorb is likely to suggest a loss of identity in what is taken in or an enrichment of what takes in: a lotion ~ed quickly by the skin. imbibe implies a drinking in and may imply an unconscious taking in whose effect may be significant or profound: children ~ the values of their parents. assimilate stresses an incorporation into the substance of the body or mind: asked to ~ a mass of material in a brief time. adopt implies accepting something created by another or foreign to one's nature: forced to ~ the procedure of the new parent company. embrace implies a ready or happy acceptance: eagerly ~d the ways and customs of their new homeland. espouse adds an implication of close attachment to a cause and a sharing of its fortunes: spent her lifetime ~ing equal rights for women.