英语词汇“lend”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lend

/lɛnd

verb (past and past participle lent /lɛnt/) [with two objects]

1Grant to (someone) the use of (something) on the understanding that it will be returned: Stewart asked me to lend him my car the pictures were lent to each museum in turn...

She took off the jacket Jay lent her and returned it to him.
We give them what they want and in return they lend us what we want.
When Virginia goes to England, she lends me her car: a Peugeot convertible with English plates.

Synonyms

loan, give someone the loan of, let someone use, let someone have the use of;

advance

British informal sub

1.1Allow (a person or organization) the use of (a sum of money) under an agreement to pay it back later, typically with interest: no one would lend him the money [no object]: banks lend only to their current account customers (as noun lending) balance sheets weakened by unwise lending...

So why are banks falling all over themselves to lend small businesses money?
When a bank lends you money, the loan comes with strings attached - namely, the covenants contained in the loan agreement.
They're lending the American government money in exchange for interest.

2Contribute or add (a quality) to: the smile lent his face a boyish charm...

The concentration of structures in space lends an urban quality even to small villages.
To lend weight to this, he adds the interpretation of a social scientist and an academician.
This lends weight to the theory that autism is a neurodevelopmental condition and not an acquired one.

Synonyms

add, impart, give, bestow, confer, provide, grant, supply, furnish, accord, offer, contribute, afford, bring, donate

3 (lend oneself to) Accommodate or adapt oneself to: John stiffly lent himself to her aromatic embraces...

There are some who will observe the period, but it is not something that we lend ourselves to.
He lent himself to an illusion, he lent himself to misleading the African people.
The actor has been lending himself to book launches recently, starting with Vikram Seth's Two Lives way back in October.

3.1 (lend itself to) (Of a thing) be suitable for: bay windows lend themselves to blinds...

The plastic blocks are lighter, lending themselves to more applications, and easier to install.
I've got the first one, and the stories really lend themselves to the comic format.
On the other hand my books don't lend themselves to movies and they tend to violate basic laws of fiction writing.

Synonyms

be suitable for, be suited to, be appropriate for, be adaptable to, have the right characteristics for, be applicable for, be easily used for, be readily used for, be serviceable for

Usage

1 Reciprocal pairs of words such as lend and borrow (or teach and learn) are often confused. Common uses in informal speech in a number of British dialects include can I lend your pen? (correct standard use is can I borrow your pen?). 2 There is no noun lend in standard English, where loan is the correct word to use. However, it is used informally in a number of dialects and varieties, including Scottish, Northern Irish, and northern English, as in, for example, can I have a lend of your pen?.

Phrases

lend an ear (or one's ears)

lend a hand (or a helping hand)

lend one's name to

Derivatives

lendable

adjective ...

The CRR was reduced from 5.5 per cent to 5.0 per cent in June 2002 and further to 4.75 per cent in November 2002 augmenting the lendable resources of banks by about Rs.10,000 crore.
Keep in mind that the financial sector - through financial credit creation - is the dominant supplier of lendable funds.

Origin

Old English lǣnan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lenen, also to loan¹. The addition of the final -d in late Middle English was due to association with verbs such as bend and send.

单词	lend
释义	lend /lɛnd / verb (past and past participle lent /lɛnt/) [with two objects] 1Grant to (someone) the use of (something) on the understanding that it will be returned: Stewart asked me to lend him my car the pictures were lent to each museum in turn... She took off the jacket Jay lent her and returned it to him. We give them what they want and in return they lend us what we want. When Virginia goes to England, she lends me her car: a Peugeot convertible with English plates. Synonyms loan, give someone the loan of, let someone use, let someone have the use of; advance British informal sub 1.1Allow (a person or organization) the use of (a sum of money) under an agreement to pay it back later, typically with interest: no one would lend him the money [no object]: banks lend only to their current account customers (as noun lending) balance sheets weakened by unwise lending... So why are banks falling all over themselves to lend small businesses money? When a bank lends you money, the loan comes with strings attached - namely, the covenants contained in the loan agreement. They're lending the American government money in exchange for interest. 2Contribute or add (a quality) to: the smile lent his face a boyish charm... The concentration of structures in space lends an urban quality even to small villages. To lend weight to this, he adds the interpretation of a social scientist and an academician. This lends weight to the theory that autism is a neurodevelopmental condition and not an acquired one. Synonyms add, impart, give, bestow, confer, provide, grant, supply, furnish, accord, offer, contribute, afford, bring, donate 3 (lend oneself to) Accommodate or adapt oneself to: John stiffly lent himself to her aromatic embraces... There are some who will observe the period, but it is not something that we lend ourselves to. He lent himself to an illusion, he lent himself to misleading the African people. The actor has been lending himself to book launches recently, starting with Vikram Seth's Two Lives way back in October. 3.1 (lend itself to) (Of a thing) be suitable for: bay windows lend themselves to blinds... The plastic blocks are lighter, lending themselves to more applications, and easier to install. I've got the first one, and the stories really lend themselves to the comic format. On the other hand my books don't lend themselves to movies and they tend to violate basic laws of fiction writing. Synonyms be suitable for, be suited to, be appropriate for, be adaptable to, have the right characteristics for, be applicable for, be easily used for, be readily used for, be serviceable for Usage 1 Reciprocal pairs of words such as lend and borrow (or teach and learn) are often confused. Common uses in informal speech in a number of British dialects include can I lend* your pen?* (correct standard use is can I borrow* your pen?). 2 There is no noun lend* in standard English, where loan is the correct word to use. However, it is used informally in a number of dialects and varieties, including Scottish, Northern Irish, and northern English, as in, for example, can I have a lend* of your pen?. Phrases lend an ear (or one's ears) lend a hand (or a helping hand) lend one's name to Derivatives lendable adjective ... The CRR was reduced from 5.5 per cent to 5.0 per cent in June 2002 and further to 4.75 per cent in November 2002 augmenting the lendable resources of banks by about Rs.10,000 crore. Keep in mind that the financial sector - through financial credit creation - is the dominant supplier of lendable funds. Origin Old English lǣnan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lenen, also to loan¹. The addition of the final -d in late Middle English was due to association with verbs such as bend* and send. Rhymes amend, append, apprehend, ascend, attend, befriend, bend, blend, blende, commend, comprehend, condescend, contend, defriend, depend, emend, end, expend, extend, fend, forfend, friend, impend, interdepend, mend, misapprehend, misspend, offend, on-trend, Oostende, Ostend, perpend, portend, rend, reprehend, scrag-end, send, spend, subtend, suspend, tail end, tend, transcend, trend, underspend, unfriend, upend, vend, weekend, wend
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lendable

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