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

WORD ORIGINlend

Origin:

Old English lænan, from læn; ➔ LOAN1

VERB TABLE

lend

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	lend
	he, she, it	lends
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	lent
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have lent
	he, she, it	has lent
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had lent
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will lend
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have lent

Continuous Form
Present	I	am lending
	he, she, it	is lending
	you, we, they	are lending
Past	I, he, she, it	was lending
	you, we, they	were lending
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been lending
	he, she, it	has been lending
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been lending
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be lending
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been lending

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Can you lend me $20?
Did you lend that book to Mike?
I lent my penknife to someone, but I can't remember who it was now.
I wish I'd never lent him my car.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Banks would lend money more freely and, in fattening their own balance sheets, would feed credit-starved economies.
Eddie lent it back to me.
That disparity was due to the high level of mortgage lending at Bankinter.
The next chapter reviews actual bank lending techniques and practices.
They have proved beneficial for plants partly because of their cotton fibre content, which lends moisture.
They will be eager to lend to you.
To carry emotional moments, Miller pumps up the treacly soundtrack, lending it the importance of a main character.
Tom Robb, a teacher of over 30 years, can lend advice on may technical problems.

THESAURUS► lend

(also loan especially American English) to let someone borrow money or something that belongs to you for a short time: · Can you lend me $20?· Did you lend that book to Mike?· The documents were loaned by the local library.

► let somebody use something/let somebody have something

to let someone use something that belongs to you for a short time, especially a room, a house, or something big and expensive: · Some friends are letting us use their house while they are on vacation.· Dad said he’d let me have his car for the weekend.

► be on loan

if something is on loan, it has been lent to a person or organization in an official way – often used about a library book or a work of art: · The museum has an exhibition of paintings on loan from the Louvre.· According to the computer, this book is still out on loan.

Longman Language Activatorto lend something to someone► lend

also loan especially American, spoken to let someone have money which they will pay back later, or let them use something that is yours, which they will give back to you later: lend/loan somebody something: · Can you lend me $20?· I wish I'd never lent him my car.· We loaned him ten bucks, but he never paid it back.lend/loan something to somebody: · Did you lend that book to Mike?· I lent my penknife to someone, but I can't remember who it was now.· The camera had been loaned to him by his cousin.

► let somebody use/let somebody have

to let someone use something that belongs to you, for a short time, especially something such as a room, a house, or something large or expensive: · Some friends are letting us use their house while they are on vacation.· I asked whether she'd let me use her skis, and she said no.· Jim was going to let me have his car while he's away, but he's changed his mind.

► be on loan

something that is on loan , especially a library book or a painting, has been lent to a person or organization: · Is this your video or is it on loan?be on loan from: · The museum has an exhibition of paintings on loan from the Louvre.be on loan to: · It's a digital tape recorder, and it's on loan to me.be out on loan: · If you type in the title, the computer tells you how many copies the library has, and whether they're out on loan.

► give somebody a loan

to lend someone some money: · I thought Dad might give me a loan to set me up in business again. · "I can't afford it, it's too expensive." "Do you want me to give you a loan?"· The bank wouldn't give me a loan because they said I had a bad credit rating.

► give somebody the use/loan of

to allow someone to use something large such as a house or car, especially for a fixed period of time: · Mohammed's giving me the use of his office until I can find a place of my own.· We persuaded the manager to give us free loan of the room and equipment for rehearsals.· She was given the use of the church hall to hold the event.

► loan a painting/work of art etc

to lend a painting, work of art etc to a place where it can be shown to the public: · The gallery is currently exhibiting nine bronze statues loaned by the Victoria and Albert Museum.loan something to somebody: · The Museum of Modern Art has agreed to loan its entire Warhol collection to the exhibition.· According to the agreement, the Monet painting is to be retained in France and loaned to the Musée d'Orsay for a limited period.loaned from somebody: · Visitors will be able to examine original documents loaned from the British Museum.

to lend houses, land, machines etc for money► rent out

also rent American to allow someone to use a house, piece of land, vehicle etc that belongs to you, in exchange for money: · We rent cars by the hour, to save you money.· Some caterers will rent equipment and supplies for parties at a reasonable cost.rent something (out) to somebody: · I'm thinking of renting the upstairs rooms to students.· The field at the back of the house is rented out to a local farmer.rent somebody something: · We can rent you a luxury apartment for the duration of your stay.· I'm sorry, I've had an accident in the car you rented me this morning.rent (out) something (to somebody): · Mike raised some cash by renting out the two small workshops to local craftsmen.

► lease

to allow a company, organization etc to use buildings, land, or equipment for a fixed period of time, in exchange for money: lease something to somebody: · The company plans to sell or lease its remaining stores to other supermarkets.· The aircraft had been leased to a Nigerian airline.lease somebody something: · Internet start-ups are being helped by companies willing to lease them Web servers and space.

► let

British /rent American to allow someone to use a room, house, or office in exchange for money: let/rent something to somebody: · We usually rent our house to someone over the long vacation.· 200,00 sq ft of land was let to a local firm. let/rent out something British: · We even had to rent out the garage to make ends meet.· The company owns about 170 cottages in Britain, which it lets out to tourists.let/rent something out: · Many residents hoped to rent their houses out during the Games.To LetBritish /For Rent American (=written on a sign to show that a room, house, or office is empty and can be rented): · Nellie's house had a 'To Let' sign in the window.

► hire out

British to allow someone to use something such as a vehicle or clothes for a short period of time, in exchange for money: hire out something: · They were partners in a business which hired out photocopiers.· Do you hire out golf clubs here?hire something/it/them out: · Brooke bought a Rolls Royce and started hiring it out for special occasions.

a person or organization that lends money► lender

a person or organization that lends money: · Despite competition from the building societies, banks are still the biggest lenders in Britain.· Mexico has borrowed heavily from private banks, the World Bank, and other international lenders.· Newspaper ads can be helpful in finding the lender with the most favourable interest rates.mortgage/housing lender (=an organization that lends people money to buy a house, flat etc): · Prudential is the fourth largest mortgage lender in the US.

► creditor

a person or business that is owed money by another person or business: · The failed company is currently in talks with its creditors.· He died owing his creditors over $20 million.

► loan-shark

informal a person or small business that lends money, at extremely high interest rates - use this when you disapprove of people who make money in this way: · His father killed himself after getting deeply in debt to a loan-shark.· These loan-sharks target the vulnerable, the people who are least able to pay the money back.

money that is lent to someone► loan

an amount of money that someone borrows: · The bank offered him a loan of £15,000 to set up a business.· He received hundreds of dollars in loans from the financial institutions.bank loan (=a loan from a bank): · a long-term bank loanpersonal loan (=a loan given to a person for their own use, rather than to a business): · Take out a Midland personal loan now and pay the money back in easy stages.business loan (=a loan to help someone start a business): · We have a full range of business loans to suit your needs.student loan (=a loan that the government gives to a student while they are at college or university): · Failure to repay a student loan can ruin that person's credit rating.take out a loan: · She survived by taking out a bank loan and working extra hours.repay a loan: · Mexico repaid its US loans through a successful program of economic reform. loan to: · attempts to increase the safety of loans to foreign countries

to help someone► help

to make it easier for someone to do something by doing part of their work, showing them what to do, or giving them something they need: · I'm ready to help. Is there something for me to do?· Dad, I don't understand my homework. Will you help me?· The money will be used to help starving children around the world.help with: · Dan's mother has been great about helping with the kids.help do something: · Warren offered to help clean up the house after the party.help to do something: · Part of the assistant's job is to help to organize conferences and keep the director informed.help somebody do something: · Help me lift this, will you?help somebody to do something: · Her uncle said he would help her to find a job.help somebody with something: · Do you want me to help you with those bags?help somebody into/off/across/down etc (=help someone go somewhere): · "Did you enjoy the trip?" asked Jack, helping her out of the boat.

► give/lend a hand

informal to help someone do something, especially something they have to do in their home such as carrying or lifting things: · Scott is moving Saturday and I promised to lend a hand.give/lend somebody a hand: · Give me a hand and let's see if we can get this box in the car.give/lend a hand with: · Could you give me a hand with the shopping.

► assist

formal to help someone do something, especially by doing all the easier or less important things for them so that their job is easier: · Can you do the job alone, or do you want someone to assist you?assist in: · In this position, you will assist in training new employees.assist with: · Some of the guests assisted with the preparation of the food.assist somebody in/with something: · A consultant has been brought in to assist management in restructuring the company.

► do something for

to help someone by doing something for them that they would normally do themselves: · If you're not feeling well, I'll do the shopping for you.· Did you have someone do your homework for you? It doesn't look like your writing.

► do somebody a favour

British /favor American to do something to help someone, especially a friend or someone you know well: · Could you do me a favour and mail these letters for me?· She's always doing favours for us. The least we can do is help her out now.do somebody a big favour/favor (=help someone a lot): · They did us a big favor by letting us stay there, you know.

► help out

to help someone do something, especially because there are not enough people to do all the work: · Their son used to help out in the shop when it was busy.· Organizing the school trip will be a lot of work, so I need some volunteers to help out.help out with: · The kids are always good about helping out with the chores.help somebody out: · While I'm gone, try to help your Mom out, OK?help out somebody: · No need to thank me - I was just glad to help out a friend.

► do somebody a good turn

to help someone by doing something for them that they have not asked you to do, because you think they need your help and you want to help them: · She's always happy to do a stranger a good turn.· He did me a good turn when he advised me not to sell my house - it's worth twice as much now.

► do your bit

British /do your part American to do what you can to help in a bad or difficult situation, especially because you think you are expected to do it or that it is your duty: · I've done my bit - now it's up to you.do your bit for: · Brown feels that she's done her part for the Democratic Party.

► come to somebody's aid/assistance

formal to offer to help someone who is in difficulty and who will not be able to continue without your help: · It took an ambulance 27 minutes to come to the aid of the accident victims.· Many expect the central government to come to the assistance of the ailing industry.

► give help/assistance/support

to help a person or group: give help/assistance/support to: · The program gives assistance to unemployed mothers and their children.give somebody help/assistance/support: · My family gave me very little support when I decided to go back to college. · Any kind of help you can give would be greatly appreciated.

suitable for a particular situation, job, purpose etc► suitable

something or someone that is suitable is the right type of thing or person for a purpose, job, or situation: · I still haven't found a suitable job.· You must wear something suitable - preferably black.suitable for: · The house would be suitable for a large family.· Plants of this type are suitable for use in an aquarium.eminently suitable (=very suitable): · The property is centrally located and eminently suitable for our purposes.

► right

suitable. Right is used more in informal language than suitable: · I don't know the right word to describe it.· We've been thinking about selling the house, but I'm not sure the time is right.· We all agree that Carey is the right person for the job.right for: · It's a good school, but it wasn't really right for Melissa.

► proper

suitable for a particular purpose or situation: · You can't climb a mountain without the proper equipment.· I can't make the repairs without the proper tools or materials.· With proper training, most people can learn leadership skills.

► appropriate

suitable for a situation or purpose - use this especially about something that has been carefully chosen for a particular situation: · You will be given your orders at the appropriate time.· Considering what he did, I think the punishment was appropriate.appropriate for: · Each member is given a special exercise routine that is appropriate for his or her needs

► good

especially spoken very suitable for a purpose or job - use this especially when there are several suitable people or things to choose from: · Bates would be a good person to have on the team.· Would now be a good time to discuss the plans for the conference? good for: · The big jars are good for storing rice or pasta.

► suit

something that suits a person, purpose, situation etc is suitable for them: · This is a job that would suit someone with a lot of experience abroad.· They found us a house close to the campus, which suited us very well.suit somebody's needs: · Make sure you choose a computer that suits your needs.suit somebody fine/well/perfectly: · The weather here suits me fine.

► be suited to

if someone or something is suited to a situation, purpose, or job they have the qualities that make them suitable for it: · Wearing a suit and tie just is not suited to a tropical climate.· Do you think his personality is suited to a career in teaching?ideally/well/perfectly suited to something: · The electric car is well suited to the needs of city drivers.

► be cut out for

if someone is cut out for a particular job, they have personal qualities that are suitable for it and are therefore likely to succeed at it - use this especially in questions and negative sentences: · Maybe he's just not cut out for an acting career.· She knew she was cut out for more than scrubbing floors and doing laundry.

► lends itself to

if something lends itself to being used in a particular way, it has qualities that make it easy and suitable for using in that way: · Many of his poems lend themselves to songs very easily.· The marshy land at the mouth of the Neva River hardly lent itself to habitation.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a bank lends something

· The bank lent me £10,000 to help me start the business.

► lend credence to something

(=to make something more believable)

The DNA results lend credence to Hausmann’s claims of innocence.

► lend credibility to somebody/something

(=make something or someone have more credibility)· The evidence lent credibility to their arguments.

► give/lend/offer etc somebody a helping hand

She’s been giving me a helping hand with the children.

► a lending library

(=one that lends books)· Lending libraries became increasingly popular in Victorian times.

► lend somebody money

· My dad lent me money to buy a car.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► to

· They can lend to and buy from other banks.

NOUN► air

· This, in traditional form, is a treacly brown colour and lends a definite antique air to what you are polishing.· Mire Secondly, Pache's style does not lend any air of the dynamism needed to steer Bull out of its current mire.· Or does the environment lend itself to the air power and precision-guided missiles of a Steve Forbes?· The large headstock, with its shallow pitch, looks quite in keeping and the mini-Schaller machineheads help lend an up-market air.· And his extrajudicial comments disparaging Microsoft and its officers lent an air of bias to his action against the company.

► bank

· There was, however, a swing from bonds and bank lending to equity-related bonds.· He urged the bank executives to keep lending to investment firms and other businesses.· The lending bank lends funds and in return accepts the bankers acceptance.· He said the bank hoped to increase lending again this year.· The basic bank lending rate was set at 36 percent per month.· Last December the Federal Reserve adjusted its reserve requirements on time deposits to encourage banks to lend more.

► credence

· The absence of military protection for the abolitionists in Alton lends credence to legal indifference that bound the country at this time.· It lends credence to the kinds of beliefs and fears that make victims of all who hold them.· These debates lend credence to the view that the southern states would not have ratified the Constitution without the proslavery compromises.

► credibility

· Jim slipped on his overcoat and grabbed his briefcase as well as his large portfolio case to lend credibility to his story.

► ear

· Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.· He finds time for them, always being prepared to lend a sympathetic ear or give some friendly confidential advice.

► firm

· Though banks lend huge sums to firms, banks are not the only source of lending.· Suppose a bank agrees to lend to a firm upon demand up to a certain amount.· He urged the bank executives to keep lending to investment firms and other businesses.

► funds

· Banks borrow and lend wholesale funds amongst themselves, dealing through money brokers, for periods ranging from overnight to five years.· The lending bank lends funds and in return accepts the bankers acceptance.

► hand

· I just thought I'd come up and lend a hand.· He may have lent a hand in the construction of the Jefferys pocket watch and even of H-4.· It was a well attended meeting, thanks to all who lent a hand.· Women came by from other camps to lend a hand, bringing prashad.· If a comrade paused to lend a hand, it often meant that two would drown instead of one.· Nick and I laid out tow ropes to the bow of the raft, and cajoled bystanders to lend a hand.· Plenty of food makes it better to bear daughters who can lend a hand.· Joe lent a hand to all, and supplied much of the muscle.

► helping

· Britain's champion in the sport has been lending a helping hand.· Petion, follow them and lend a helping hand.

► house

· For example, the rules restricted societies to lending for house purchase.· The retail-finance industry changed in many ways as a result - but most of all in lending for house purchase.· I have friends who lend me a house there every summer for a few weeks, if I want it.· The most obvious effect was to constrain societies to their traditional role of lending for house purchase.

► money

· Markets-where money is lent and borrowed, and paper assets are bought and sold.· The seven companies expect to lose nearly half the money they lent after selling collateral held on the nonperforming debt.· Much of this money is lent on an overnight basis.· If rates rise, investors can get rid of the bonds and use their money to lend at higher rates.· They will have very much more money available to lend than either the Co-op Bank or Girobank.· Subsequently, money was lent interest-free by Mr Fynn to the trust.

► mortgage

· As a consequence direct mortgage lending to owner occupiers increased sharply.· Woolwich is engaged primarily in mortgage lending and deposit taking and has 550, 000 borrowers.· Net mortgage lending by building societies dropped 15 percent to Pounds 1.85 billion last month.· That disparity was due to the high level of mortgage lending at Bankinter.

► name

· Can he lend his name to the petition without compromising his professional integrity?· Is he actually involved, or just lending his name to it?· But a more calculating side is emerging, where celebrities are almost being blackmailed into lending their names to causes.

► rate

· Dall was effectively trading money; he sought to borrow each day at the cheapest rates and lend at the highest.

► sum

· They got engaged after he proposed and she lent him large sums of money.· Though banks lend huge sums to firms, banks are not the only source of lending.· Over the next few years, Mrs J was pressured into lending her son large sums of money.· Generally, banks are not eager to lend huge sums to lottery winners based on the winnings alone.· He lent considerable sums to the crown, perhaps as much as £50,000 between 1373 and 1376.

► support

· Some psychoanalytic writing appears to lend support to these assumptions.· Mayor Brown has lent his support to the bill, writing a letter to Sen.· Lind makes no apparent use of this book, perhaps because it lends so little support to his view of the war.· We see this as a national event of great importance and we are lending it our full support.· The historical case studies carried out by Lakatos and his followers certainly lend some support to that latter claim.· In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.· He promised to lend no more support to his half-brothers in Angoulême.

► weight

· I lent weight to his side of the story but they sent him down.· The bishops insisted that the Capitol Hill prayer vigil was non-partisan, but the impending election lent the event political weight.· A woman of such forthright views as yourself would, I feel, lend considerable weight to this project.· I owe it to Victoria to lend some retrospective weight to our parting.· It's the first time a leading drinks company has lent its weight to such a campaign.· The law lends its weight to uphold and enforce contracts freely entered into.· Not withstanding the need for more investigation, the evidence surveyed in the previous chapter certainly lends weight to this view.· Recognising this paradox lends weight to the patriarchy thesis, explaining away many apparent counter-examples.

VERB► agree

· He agreed to lend the Lysander in exchange for two cases of Scotch whisky.· Suppose a bank agrees to lend to a firm upon demand up to a certain amount.· Accordingly, I wrote to Eliot asking whether he would agree to lend us his assistance and his authority in this way.

► borrow

· Banks borrow and lend wholesale funds amongst themselves, dealing through money brokers, for periods ranging from overnight to five years.· But he was borrowing and lending for only that one day.· However, when the risk-free asset is introduced to this situation investors will all either borrow or lend at the risk-free rate.· Each economic unit borrows and lends at the same time because individual transactions are undertaken for different reasons.· In reality, individuals may not be able to borrow and lend freely at a given interest rate.· The implicit assumption is that investors can borrow and lend at the riskless rate of interest.

► offer

· Daniel had been offering to lend her his favourite book of poetry as she had developed a liking for it.

► prepare

· Few financial institutions are prepared to lend to proprietors and partnerships on this basis.· He finds time for them, always being prepared to lend a sympathetic ear or give some friendly confidential advice.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► lend (your) support (to something)

Elizabeth Hurley and Robert Wagner lend support.
In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.
President Clinton lent support to the bill Monday.
She lends support to the ecumenical cause.
Some psychoanalytic writing appears to lend support to these assumptions.
These results lend support to the idea that tenascin alternative splice forms may also have functional significance at the protein level.

► lend weight/support to something

I lent weight to his side of the story but they sent him down.
In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.
Not withstanding the need for more investigation, the evidence surveyed in the previous chapter certainly lends weight to this view.
President Clinton lent support to the bill Monday.
Recognising this paradox lends weight to the patriarchy thesis, explaining away many apparent counter-examples.
Some psychoanalytic writing appears to lend support to these assumptions.
The recent closures of the paper mill and the aluminium smelter at Invergordon lend weight to this argument.
These results lend support to the idea that tenascin alternative splice forms may also have functional significance at the protein level.

► lend your name to something

Nintendo lends its name to new games developed by about 60 companies.
But a more calculating side is emerging, where celebrities are almost being blackmailed into lending their names to causes.
Can he lend his name to the petition without compromising his professional integrity?
Is he actually involved, or just lending his name to it?

► lend (somebody) a hand

Lend me a hand with this box.
He may have lent a hand in the construction of the Jefferys pocket watch and even of H-4.
I just thought I'd come up and lend a hand.
I met them leeward of the middle vehicle, where they lent a hand to tip the wheelbarrow into a stable position.
Joe lent a hand to all, and supplied much of the muscle.
Nick and I laid out tow ropes to the bow of the raft, and cajoled bystanders to lend a hand.
Shuttleworth Collection have supplied a copy of the engine manual - who else can lend a hand?
Uncle Jack fell into the latter category, Ursula vehemently rejecting his offer to lend a hand.
Women came by from other camps to lend a hand, bringing prashad.

► lend an ear► lend itself to something

It's time-proven, reliable and lends itself to tuning.
One of the beauties of the discipline of neurology is how it lends itself to analysis of dysfunction involving these neural levels.
Or does the environment lend itself to the air power and precision-guided missiles of a Steve Forbes?
The latter type of fuel lends itself to underwater storage for several decades.
The study did not seem to lend itself to a description of community service profiles.
This is not, by its nature, the sort of theory that lends itself to easy confirmation.
This process seems to have been handled badly, even if it is not one that lends itself to sensitive treatment.