lends

英 [lendz]

美 [lendz]

v.  借给; 借出; (向…)贷(款); 给…增加，增添(特色)
lend的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 借（钱）(给…)；（银行）货（款）
  When people or organizations such as bankslendyou money, they give it to you and you agree to pay it back at a future date, often with an extra amount as interest.
  1. The bank is reassessing its criteria for lending money...
     银行正重新评估其贷款标准。
  2. 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。
  3. ...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
• VERB 借出；把…借给
  If youlendsomething that you own, you allow someone to have it or use it for a period of time.
  1. Will you lend me your jacket for a little while?...
     你能把上衣借给我穿一会儿吗？
  2. 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。
• VERB 提供，给予（支持）
  If youlendyour supporttosomeone or something, you help them with what they are doing or with a problem that they have.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 使适合；使有帮助；使易遭受
  If somethinglends itself toa particular activity or result, it is easy for it to be used for that activity or to achieve that result.
  1. 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。
• VERB 平添；增添；赋予
  If somethinglendsa particular qualitytosomething else, it adds that quality to it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• See also:lent
• tolend an ear→ see:ear

Do not confuselendandborrow. You say that youborrowsomethingfromanother person. However, if you allow someone toborrowsomething that belongs to you, you say that youlendittothem.Lendis often followed by two objects.Betty lent him some blankets... He lent Tim the money.Bothborrowandlendcan be used without objects.The poor had to borrow from the rich... Banks will not lend to them.The noun related tolendisloan....a government loan of £3m.Loancan also be used as a verb in the same way aslend, 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）。

双语例句

• I like this black dress; it lends itself to almost any occasion.
  我喜欢这黑色的上装，它几乎适宜于任何场合。
• 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。
• A design that lends itself to great entertaining and alfresco dining.
  一个好的设计应该适合于大的娱乐活动和户外用餐。
• Th is smooth approach to type lends a modern playfulness to a company's visual identity.
  这种字体的柔和方式赋予了企业视觉识别一种现代的玩乐态度。
• He lends the company money.
  他将钱借给公司。
• The Coronata wallpaper lends a formal air to the dining room.
  科罗娜塔墙纸给餐厅增添了一种整齐有致的气氛。
• Newman lends himself to individualism and tends to drive more towards the unique in the realm of score composition.
  纽曼借自己对个人主义和倾向于驾驶更多往独特在比分构成领土。
• The request/ response cycle lends itself to the classic one thread per connection model.
  请求/响应周期使它成为了经典的模型，即每个连接使用一个线程。
• Coverage measurement lends both depth and precision to an already beneficial process.
  对于一个已存在的有益的过程，覆盖度量可以增加其深度和精度。
• So, as long as your brother lends you the money, you'll be all right?
  那么，只要你哥哥借给你钱，你就好过了？