1.VERB 动词 借（钱）(给…)；（银行）货（款） When people or organizations such as banks lend you money, they give it to you and you agree to pay it back at a future date, often with an extra amount as interest.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V n n

【语法信息】：V

【语法信息】：Also V n to n

The bank is reassessing its criteria for lending money...银行正重新评估其贷款标准。

I had to lend him ten pounds to take his children to the pictures.我只好借给他10英镑，让他带孩子们去看电影。

...financial deregulation that led to institutions being more willing to lend.使金融机构更愿意提供贷款的金融管制的解除lending

...a financial institution that specializes in the lending of money.专门从事贷款业务的金融机构

...a slump in bank lending.银行贷款的骤减

2.VERB 动词 借出；把…借给 If you lend something that you own, you allow someone to have it or use it for a period of time.

【语法信息】：V n n

【语法信息】：V n to n

Will you lend me your jacket for a little while?...你能把上衣借给我穿一会儿吗？

He had lent the bungalow to the Conrads for a couple of weeks.他把那间平房借给康拉德一家住了两三个星期。

3.VERB 动词 提供，给予（支持） If you lend your support to someone or something, you help them with what they are doing or with a problem that they have.

【语法信息】：V n to n

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：Also V n n

He was approached by the organisers to lend support to a benefit concert...主办方找过他，希望他能对慈善音乐会给予支持。

Stipe attended yesterday's news conference to lend his support.斯蒂普出席了昨天的新闻发布会以示支持。

4.VERB 动词 使适合；使有帮助；使易遭受 If something lends itself to a particular activity or result, it is easy for it to be used for that activity or to achieve that result.

【语法信息】：V pron-refl to n

The room lends itself well to summer eating with its light, airy atmosphere.这个房间又亮堂又通风，夏天在此用餐最合适不过。

5.VERB 动词 平添；增添；赋予 If something lends a particular quality to something else, it adds that quality to it.

【语法信息】：V n to n

【语法信息】：V n n

【语法信息】：Also V n

Enthusiastic applause lent a sense of occasion to the proceedings...热烈的掌声给活动平添了几分隆重的色彩。

A more relaxed regime and regular work lends the inmates a dignity not seen in other prisons.由于管理较为宽松而且经常从事劳动，这里的囚犯因此多了一份其他监狱的囚犯所没有的尊严感。

6. See also: lent;

7. to lend an ear→see: ear; to lend a hand→see: hand; to lend your name to something→see: name; Usage Note :

Do not confuse lend and borrow. You say that you borrow something from another person. However, if you allow someone to borrow something that belongs to you, you say that you lend it to them. Lend is often followed by two objects. Betty lent him some blankets... He lent Tim the money. Both borrow and lend can be used without objects. The poor had to borrow from the rich... Banks will not lend to them. The noun related to lend is loan. ...a government loan of £3m.Loan can also be used as a verb in the same way as lend, especially in American English. I'll loan you fifty dollars.

不要混淆lend和borrow。借他人东西用borrow... from...，借东西给他人则用lend...to...。lend后常接双宾语，如：Betty lent him some blankets（贝蒂借给他几条毛毯），He lent Tim the money（他把钱借给了蒂姆）。borrow和lend均可不接宾语，如：The poor had to borrow from the rich（穷人不得不向富人借钱），Banks will not lend to them（银行不会贷款给他们）。与lend相关的名词是loan：a government loan of £3m（一笔300万英镑的政府贷款）。loan还可用作动词，用法与lend相同，尤其是在美国英语中：I'll loan you fifty dollars（我会借给你50美元）。