lend

Word family adjectivelendablenounlenderlendingverblend

lend /lend/ S3 W3 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp lent /lent/)

a) [transitiveT]LEND to let someone borrow money or something that belongs to you for a short time 借给〔某人钱或东西〕，借出 → borrow

lend something to somebody

I lent my CD player to Dave and I haven’t got it back yet.

我把CD播放机借给戴夫，到现在还没有拿回来。

lend somebody something

The hospital agreed to lend us a wheelchair.

医院同意借给我们一把轮椅。

Can you lend me £10 until tomorrow?

借给我10英镑，明天还你好吗？

b) [intransitiveI, transitiveT] if a bank or financial institution lends money, it lets someone have it on condition that they pay it back later, often gradually, with an additional amount as interest 贷出，贷(款)

The government is trying to encourage the banks to lend more.

政府设法鼓励银行发放更多贷款。

lend something to somebody

A lot of banks are unwilling to lend money to new businesses.

许多银行都不愿意给新企业贷款。

lend somebody something

The building society agreed to lend us £60,000.

购房互助协会答应借给我们6万英镑。

2 lend (somebody) a hand HELPto help someone do something, especially something that needs physical effort 帮助(某人)做事〔尤指需要体力的事〕；(给某人)搭把手

Can you lend me a hand with this?

这个你能帮我一把吗？

Examples from the Corpus

lend (somebody) a hand• I just thought I'd come up and lend a hand.• 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.• He may have lent a hand in the construction of the Jefferys pocket watch and even of H-4.• Joe lent a hand to all, and supplied much of the muscle.• I met them leeward of the middle vehicle, where they lent a hand to tip the wheelbarrow into a stable position.• Lend me a hand with this box.

3 [transitiveT] formalADD to give a situation, event etc a particular quality 给予，增添〔某种特性〕

lend something to something

The presence of members of the royal family lent a certain dignity to the ceremony.

王室成员的出席为这场典礼增添了一种庄严的气氛。

4 lend an ear LISTENto listen to someone, especially in a sympathetic way 〔尤指同情地〕倾听

He’s always prepared to lend a sympathetic ear.

他总是怀着一颗同情心去倾听。

5 lend itself to something SUITABLEto be suitable for being used in a particular way 适用于某事物

None of her books really lends itself to being made into a film.

她的书没有一本适合拍成电影。

Examples from the Corpus

lend itself to something• The study did not seem to lend itself to a description of community service profiles.• One of the beauties of the discipline of neurology is how it lends itself to analysis of dysfunction involving these neural levels.• 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.• Or does the environment lend itself to the air power and precision-guided missiles of a Steve Forbes?• It's time-proven, reliable and lends itself to tuning.• The latter type of fuel lends itself to underwater storage for several decades.

6 lend (your) support (to something) SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANHELPto support or help someone (为某事)提供支持

The government has now lent its support to the campaign.

政府现已开始支持这场运动了。

Examples from the Corpus

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

7 lend weight/support to something PROVEto make an opinion or belief seem more likely to be correct 使某事更可信

The police have new evidence which lends weight to their theory.

警方有新证据支持他们的说法。

Examples from the Corpus

lend weight/support to something• I lent weight to his side of the story but they sent him down.• President Clinton lent support to the bill Monday.• These results lend support to the idea that tenascin alternative splice forms may also have functional significance at the protein level.• In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.• 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.• Not withstanding the need for more investigation, the evidence surveyed in the previous chapter certainly lends weight to this view.

8 lend your name to something SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANto announce publicly that you support something that someone is trying to do 公开支持某事，声援某事

The French prime minister has now lent his name to the protest.

法国总理现在已开始声援这场抗议运动。

Examples from the Corpus

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

THESAURUS

lend (also loan especially American EnglishAmE) to let someone borrow money or something that belongs to you for a short time 借给〔某人钱或东西〕，借出

Can you lend me $20?

你能借我20美元吗？

Did you lend that book to Mike?

你是不是把那本书借给迈克了？

The documents were loaned by the local library.

这些文件由当地图书馆出借。

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 允许某人使用某物〔尤指房间、房子等大型贵重物品〕

Some friends are letting us use their house while they are on vacation.

有几位朋友外出度假期间让我们住他们家。

Dad said he’d let me have his car for the weekend.

爸爸说我可以在周末用他的车。

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 〔图书馆书籍或艺术品等正式〕出借

The museum has an exhibition of paintings on loan from the Louvre.

该博物馆正举办一个画展，画作均借自卢浮宫。

According to the computer, this book is still out on loan.

电脑显示，这本书仍外借未还。

Examples from the Corpus

lend• Tom Robb, a teacher of over 30 years, can lend advice on may technical problems.• That disparity was due to the high level of mortgage lending at Bankinter.• I wish I'd never lent him my car.• Eddie lent it back to me.• To carry emotional moments, Miller pumps up the treacly soundtrack, lending it the importance of a main character.• Can you lend me $20?• They have proved beneficial for plants partly because of their cotton fibre content, which lends moisture.• Banks would lend money more freely and, in fattening their own balance sheets, would feed credit-starved economies.• I lent my penknife to someone, but I can't remember who it was now.• The next chapter reviews actual bank lending techniques and practices.• Did you lend that book to Mike?• They will be eager to lend to you.

lend something to somebody• U.S. banks lent billions of dollars to developing countries in the 1970s.• "Where'd you get the car, Mimi?" "A friend lent it to me."

lend something to something• Whisky lends an interesting flavor to the sauce.

From Longman Business Dictionary

lendlend /lend/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp lent /lent/)

1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]BANKING if a bank or financial institution lends money, it lets a person or organization borrow it on condition that they pay it back, with an additional amount as interest, usually gradually over an agreed period of time

Once again, the government is encouraging banks to lend.

lend something to somebody

Last year, financial institutions lent over $30 billion to new businesses.

→ see also overlend

—lending noun [uncountableU]

stiff controls on bank lending

2[transitiveT] to let someone borrow money from you or use something that you own, which they will give back to you later

lend somebody something

Can you lend me $20 till Friday?

lend something to somebody

Neighbouring countries offered to lend rescue equipment to the city authorities after the earthquake.

3lend strength/support to support or help someone or something

The bond market rally yesterday also lent some strength to the stock market.

The dollar’s weakness has lent support to precious metals prices.

Origin lend

Old English lænan, from læn; → LOAN1

词汇	lend
释义	lend Word family adjectivelendablenounlenderlendingverblend lend /lend/ ●●● S3 W3 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp lent /lent/) 1 a) [transitiveT]LEND to let someone borrow money or something that belongs to you for a short time 借给〔某人钱或东西〕，借出 → borrow lend something to somebody I lent my CD player to Dave and I haven’t got it back yet. 我把CD播放机借给戴夫，到现在还没有拿回来。 lend somebody something The hospital agreed to lend us a wheelchair. 医院同意借给我们一把轮椅。 Can you lend me £10 until tomorrow? 借给我10英镑，明天还你好吗？ b) [intransitiveI, transitiveT] if a bank or financial institution lends money, it lets someone have it on condition that they pay it back later, often gradually, with an additional amount as interest 贷出，贷(款) The government is trying to encourage the banks to lend more. 政府设法鼓励银行发放更多贷款。 lend something to somebody A lot of banks are unwilling to lend money to new businesses. 许多银行都不愿意给新企业贷款。 lend somebody something The building society agreed to lend us £60,000. 购房互助协会答应借给我们6万英镑。 2 lend (somebody) a hand HELPto help someone do something, especially something that needs physical effort 帮助(某人)做事〔尤指需要体力的事〕；(给某人)搭把手 Can you lend me a hand with this? 这个你能帮我一把吗？ Examples from the Corpus lend (somebody) a hand• I just thought I'd come up and lend a hand.• 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.• He may have lent a hand in the construction of the Jefferys pocket watch and even of H-4.• Joe lent a hand to all, and supplied much of the muscle.• I met them leeward of the middle vehicle, where they lent a hand to tip the wheelbarrow into a stable position.• Lend me a hand with this box. 3 [transitiveT] formalADD to give a situation, event etc a particular quality 给予，增添〔某种特性〕 lend something to something The presence of members of the royal family lent a certain dignity to the ceremony. 王室成员的出席为这场典礼增添了一种庄严的气氛。 4 lend an ear LISTENto listen to someone, especially in a sympathetic way 〔尤指同情地〕倾听 He’s always prepared to lend a sympathetic ear. 他总是怀着一颗同情心去倾听。 5 lend itself to something SUITABLEto be suitable for being used in a particular way 适用于某事物 None of her books really lends itself to being made into a film. 她的书没有一本适合拍成电影。 Examples from the Corpus lend itself to something• The study did not seem to lend itself to a description of community service profiles.• One of the beauties of the discipline of neurology is how it lends itself to analysis of dysfunction involving these neural levels.• 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.• Or does the environment lend itself to the air power and precision-guided missiles of a Steve Forbes?• It's time-proven, reliable and lends itself to tuning.• The latter type of fuel lends itself to underwater storage for several decades. 6 lend (your) support (to something) SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANHELPto support or help someone (为某事)提供支持 The government has now lent its support to the campaign. 政府现已开始支持这场运动了。 Examples from the Corpus lend (your) support (to something)• Elizabeth Hurley and Robert Wagner lend support.• President Clinton lent support to the bill Monday.• She lends support to the ecumenical cause.• These results lend support to the idea that tenascin alternative splice forms may also have functional significance at the protein level.• In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.• Some psychoanalytic writing appears to lend support to these assumptions. 7 lend weight/support to something PROVEto make an opinion or belief seem more likely to be correct 使某事更可信 The police have new evidence which lends weight to their theory. 警方有新证据支持他们的说法。 Examples from the Corpus lend weight/support to something• I lent weight to his side of the story but they sent him down.• President Clinton lent support to the bill Monday.• These results lend support to the idea that tenascin alternative splice forms may also have functional significance at the protein level.• In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.• 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.• Not withstanding the need for more investigation, the evidence surveyed in the previous chapter certainly lends weight to this view. 8 lend your name to something SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANto announce publicly that you support something that someone is trying to do 公开支持某事，声援某事 The French prime minister has now lent his name to the protest. 法国总理现在已开始声援这场抗议运动。 Examples from the Corpus lend your name to something• But a more calculating side is emerging, where celebrities are almost being blackmailed into lending their names to causes.• Is he actually involved, or just lending his name to it?• Nintendo lends its name to new games developed by about 60 companies.• Can he lend his name to the petition without compromising his professional integrity? THESAURUS lend (also loan especially American EnglishAmE) to let someone borrow money or something that belongs to you for a short time 借给〔某人钱或东西〕，借出 Can you lend me $20? 你能借我20美元吗？ Did you lend that book to Mike? 你是不是把那本书借给迈克了？ The documents were loaned by the local library. 这些文件由当地图书馆出借。 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 允许某人使用某物〔尤指房间、房子等大型贵重物品〕 Some friends are letting us use their house while they are on vacation. 有几位朋友外出度假期间让我们住他们家。 Dad said he’d let me have his car for the weekend. 爸爸说我可以在周末用他的车。 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 〔图书馆书籍或艺术品等正式〕出借 The museum has an exhibition of paintings on loan from the Louvre. 该博物馆正举办一个画展，画作均借自卢浮宫。 According to the computer, this book is still out on loan. 电脑显示，这本书仍外借未还。 Examples from the Corpus lend• Tom Robb, a teacher of over 30 years, can lend advice on may technical problems.• That disparity was due to the high level of mortgage lending at Bankinter.• I wish I'd never lent him my car.• Eddie lent it back to me.• To carry emotional moments, Miller pumps up the treacly soundtrack, lending it the importance of a main character.• Can you lend me $20?• They have proved beneficial for plants partly because of their cotton fibre content, which lends moisture.• Banks would lend money more freely and, in fattening their own balance sheets, would feed credit-starved economies.• I lent my penknife to someone, but I can't remember who it was now.• The next chapter reviews actual bank lending techniques and practices.• Did you lend that book to Mike?• They will be eager to lend to you. lend something to somebody• U.S. banks lent billions of dollars to developing countries in the 1970s.• "Where'd you get the car, Mimi?" "A friend lent it to me." lend something to something• Whisky lends an interesting flavor to the sauce. From Longman Business Dictionary lendlend /lend/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp lent /lent/) 1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]BANKING if a bank or financial institution lends money, it lets a person or organization borrow it on condition that they pay it back, with an additional amount as interest, usually gradually over an agreed period of time Once again, the government is encouraging banks to lend. lend something to somebody Last year, financial institutions lent over $30 billion to new businesses. → see also overlend —lending noun [uncountableU] stiff controls on bank lending 2[transitiveT] to let someone borrow money from you or use something that you own, which they will give back to you later lend somebody something Can you lend me $20 till Friday? lend something to somebody Neighbouring countries offered to lend rescue equipment to the city authorities after the earthquake. 3lend strength/support to support or help someone or something The bond market rally yesterday also lent some strength to the stock market. The dollar’s weakness has lent support to precious metals prices. Origin lend Old English lænan, from læn; → LOAN1
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