outfit

Compared meaning: to provide the tools or equipment needed (verb).

比较义项：为某人或某物提供所需的工具、设备或用品（动词）。

• equip

  The general, neutral verb for providing any tool, machine, or resource needed for a task; used in both technical and everyday contexts, such as equipping a school, a kitchen, or a soldier.

  更通用、中性的动词，指为完成某项任务提供所需的工具、机器或资源；既可用于技术性语境，也可用于日常语境，例如为学校、厨房或士兵配备装备。

  The government equipped every school in the region with new computers and internet access.

  政府为该地区的每所学校都配备了新电脑和网络。

• outfit 本词

  More informal, especially in American English; means to provide someone with a complete set of gear or supplies for a specific activity or trip, often used as 'outfit someone with/for'.

  语气更随意，尤见于美式英语；指为某项具体活动或行程为某人配齐一整套装备或用品，常用搭配是“outfit someone with/for”（为某人配备……）。

  The travel company outfits trekkers with tents, sleeping bags, and cooking gear for each expedition.

  这家旅行公司为每次远征的徒步者配备帐篷、睡袋和炊具。

Both mean giving someone needed equipment, but differently. Equip is the general, neutral verb, for tools or resources in technical and everyday contexts. Outfit is more informal, especially in American English, meaning to provide a full set of gear for one activity.

equip 和 outfit 在“为……配备装备”这一义项上意思相近，但 equip 更通用、正式，广泛用于工具、机器、设施等语境；outfit 语气更随意，多见于美式英语，强调为某项具体活动或行程配齐一整套装备或用品，常见搭配是 outfit somebody with/for。这里不比较 outfit 作名词表示“一套服装／装备”的用法。