equip /ɪˈkwɪp/ CET4 TEM4 ( equipping, equipped, equips )

• 1. 

  V-T If you equip a person or thing with something, you give them the tools or equipment that are needed. 装备; 配备

  例：

  They try to equip their vehicles with gadgets to deal with every possible contingency.

  他们尽量给他们的车辆配备各种小装置以应付任何可能的突发状况。

  例：

  Owners of restaurants have to equip them to admit disabled people.

  餐馆老板们必须给餐馆配备接纳残疾人的设施。

• 2. 

  V-T If something equips you for a particular task or experience, it gives you the skills and attitudes you need for it, especially by educating you in a particular way. 训练

  例：

  Relative poverty, however, did not prevent Martin from equipping himself with an excellent education.

  然而相对的贫穷并没有妨碍马丁接受良好教育。