furnish /ˈfə:niʃ/ vt. 1. 陈设，布置：How are you going to furnish the house? 你将怎么样布置这房子? 2. 提供，供应：This shop furnishes everything that is needed for camping. 这家商店供应野营所需要的每一样东西。The book furnished us with facts. 这本书向我们提供了事实。［考句］ Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. 阅读虽为我们的思想提供了知识，然而只有思考才能将我们所阅读的东西变成自己的。