It's better to teach a man fishing than to give him fish.
字面意思是教一个人钓鱼比给他鱼好,即授人以鱼不如授人以渔。
give英[ɡɪv]美[ɡɪv]
v.给;交给;赠送;赠与;送给;(为某人)提供,供给,供应。
n.伸展性;弹性。
[例句]The government is planning to give more help to small businesses.
政府正计划给予小企业更多帮助。
词义辨析
give,offer这两个词均可表示“给”。其区别是:
give所指的“给”,对方一般是接受。offer所指的“给”,对方可能接受,也可能拒绝。试比较:
He gave me some tickets.
他给了我几张票。
He offered me some tickets, which I re- fused politely.
他要给我几张票,但我婉言谢绝了。