| 单词 | lend |
| 释义 | lend I. transitive verb 1. a. < the purser has kindly lent us excellent binoculars — W.R.Benet > < some 46 works lent by museums and private collectors — Harvard Foundation Newsletter > b. < it is sometimes said that the capitalists who lent the government the money for the war deserve the hire of it — G.B.Shaw > < commercial banks were obliged … to reduce their investments in securities in order to lend more in advances to customers — World Economic Survey > c. < he was lent by the army to the Institute of Inter-American Affairs as a specialist — New York Times > — compare loan I 2b 2. a. < his teaching … had lent to Oxford thought much of its early originality and distinction — G.G.Coulton > < contributed much to the development of the cog railroad … lending his mechanical ability to the problems encountered — American Guide Series: New Hampshire > b. < the young king seemed to lend a willing ear — George Eliot > < lend a hand to those in charge of these schools — J.B.Conant > < lent eager attention to these hopeful projections > < lends a courteous arm to woman or child > c. < the peoples lent themselves to the nearest leader in their quest for salvation as a group — Francis Hackett > < a buggy exhibit did not lend itself to much exciting variation — Ben Riker > < hypotheses which lend themselves to the straining of facts in their support — Edward Clodd > 3. dialect chiefly Britain intransitive verb II. dialect < the lend of her brass fender — Mary Lavin > |
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