If you are provident, you look ahead and take care, especially with money. You save for later. You do not spend everything today. It is a quiet, grown-up kind of careful — closer to sensible than to afraid.

If you are provident如果你是provident（有遠見）的, you look ahead and take care你會提前打算、小心謹慎, especially with money尤其是在金錢方面。You save for later你會為以後存錢。You do not spend everything today你不會把今天的錢都花光。It這 is a quiet, grown-up kind of careful是一種安靜、成熟的謹慎 — closer to sensible than to afraid比較接近「明智」，而不是「害怕」

You mostly meet it in formal writing, in older books, and in names like a provident fund (a savings plan for later life). In ordinary conversation people more often say careful with money or good at saving.

You mostly meet it你大多會在 in formal writing, in older books, and in names like a provident fund正式的文章、比較舊的書，以及像a provident fund（互助基金）這樣的名稱裡遇到 (a savings plan for later life)（一種為晚年準備的儲蓄計畫）。In ordinary conversation在一般對話裡 people more often say大家比較常說 careful with money or good at saving對錢小心，或很會存錢

Though actually, it is not the same as Providence, the religious idea: provident is about your planning, not God’s.

Though actually不過事實上, it這個字 is not the same as Providence跟Providence（天意）不一樣, the religious idea那是個宗教概念: providentprovident is about your planning講的是你自己的規劃, not God's而不是上天的安排

It is also a close old cousin of prudent. They are not one word, but they grew from related Latin, and prudent is the one you will hear more.

It它 is also a close old cousin of也是一個古老的近親字 prudentprudent（審慎的）。They這兩個字 are not one word不是同一個字, but they grew from related Latin但都源自相關的拉丁字根, and prudent而prudent is the one you will hear more才是你比較常聽到的那個