lend

英 [lend] 美[lɛnd]

反义词

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第三人称单数: lends;过去式: lent;过去分词: lent;现在分词: lending;

lend 借

来自古英语laen,借款，词源同loan.

lend: lend: [15] Lend and loan are closely related – come in fact from the same ultimate source (which also produced English delinquent, ellipse, and relinquish). Why then does the verb have a d while the noun does not? Originally there was no d. The Old English verb ‘lend’ was lǣnan, which in Middle English became lene. But gradually during the Middle English period the past form lende came to be reinterpreted as a present form, and by the 15th century it was established as the new infinitive.
=> delinquent, ellipse, loan, relinquish
lend (v.): late 14c., from Old English lænan "to lend," from læn "loan" (see loan). Cognate with Dutch lenen, Old High German lehanon, German lehnen, also verbs derived from nouns. Past tense form, with terminal -d, became the principal form in Middle English on analogy of bend, send, etc.

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。

3. However you dress it up, a bank only exists to lend money.: 无论你如何粉饰，银行就是为了放贷而生的。