很多人翻译“提供某物给某人”，会习惯性直接写 provide somebody something，这个写法在英语里并不成立。provide有固定搭配，二选一：搭配with，或者搭配for。
provide somebody with something 和 provide something for somebody 语义相近，但侧重点略有区别。前者重心落在接收对象，后者偏向物品是为对方准备。举个例子，公司给员工提供免费午餐，The company provides employees with free lunch，也可以写成 The company provides free lunch for employees。两种句式都自然，看你想把员工还是午餐放在句子靠前位置。被动语态同样常用，Employees are provided with free lunch，Free lunch is provided for employees。
offer的搭配是 offer somebody something 和 offer something to somebody。它和provide不一样，offer更多指主动提出给予，东西还没有实际交付。She offered me a cup of tea，意思是她问我要不要喝茶，不等于已经把茶递过来。She offered a cup of tea to me语法没问题，但日常口语里 offer somebody something 读起来更顺。offer后面不能接with，不要写 offer me with a cup of tea。
give适用场景最广，give somebody something 和 give something to somebody 都可以。Give me the book 和 Give the book to me意思一样。有一点要留意，如果直接宾语是代词，只能写成 give it to me，不能说 give me it。这条规则，offer、send、lend这类支持双宾语的动词基本都适用。
supply搭配方式接近provide，supply somebody with something 或者 supply something to somebody。词义偏向补给、大批量持续供应。The factory supplies the market with goods，也就是工厂向市场供应商品。The factory supplies goods to the market也正确。supply somebody something属于非标准写法，写作时避开。
furnish正式程度高于provide，搭配是 furnish somebody with something，或者 furnish something to somebody。酒店给客人提供毛巾，The hotel furnishes guests with towels。这个词日常口语很少出现，合同、产品说明书里更常见。
present侧重颁发、正式递交，present somebody with something 或者 present something to somebody。市长给他颁发奖章，The mayor presented him with a medal，也可以写 The mayor presented a medal to him。present不能直接接双宾语，present him a medal不成立。
serve也可以表达给某人提供物品，大多用于餐食饮品。Serve somebody something，比如 Serve the guests tea，给客人上茶。Serve somebody with something语法成立，但自然度差一些。serve核心含义是招待服务，和provide中性的提供含义不一样。
afford偏书面，固定用法 afford somebody something。比如 The opportunity afforded him a chance to travel。这个句式不能写成 afford somebody with something。
被动句式中，provide、supply出现频率最高。Somebody is provided with something，Something is provided for somebody。supply被动：Somebody is supplied with something，Something is supplied to somebody。offer被动：Somebody is offered something，Something is offered to somebody。
简单梳理搭配规律：provide和supply，介词用with或者to；offer和give，可以用双宾语结构，或者搭配to；furnish、present，同样选用with/to。记住每个动词对应的介词，比死记万能句型靠谱。写句子前先分清，是主动提议，还是实物交付，或是大批量补给、正式颁发，动词选对，介词自然就能确定。