providing

动词 provide:

1. provide or furnish with
   同义词：supply, provide, render, furnish
2. provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
   同义词：provide, supply, ply, cater
3. determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
   同义词：provide
4. mount or put up
   同义词：put up, provide, offer
5. make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
   同义词：leave, allow for, allow, provide
6. supply means of subsistence; earn a living
   同义词：provide, bring home the bacon
7. take measures in preparation for
   同义词：provide

1. Serving to inform; providing or disclosing information; instructive.
   提供资讯的，有益的为 ... 提供信息服务的; 提供或揭露信息的; 增长见识的
2. We are busy providing for the feast.
   我们忙于准备宴席。
3. They befriended the young girl, providing her with food and shelter.
   他们热心照顾这个年轻的姑娘，给她吃的，给她住处。
4. It's hard to say. I haven't passed my exams yet. It depends on whether I pass my exams or not. Providing I get good marks, I'll go!
   难说。我还没考完试呢。这都取决于我能否通过毕业考试。只要我成绩好我就去。

pro.vid.ing

conj.（连接词）
On the condition; provided.
假若，假使：在…条件下；假如

In the past some critics have maintained thatprovided is preferable to providing as a conjunction meaning .on condition that.. The use ofproviding has ample precedent, however, and cannot be considered incorrect.
过去一些批评家认为provided 在作意为.在…条件下.的连词时比 providing 更为可取。 但是，用providing 这个词也有许多先例， 因此不能认为它是不正确的