相似詞語辨析【97】lend,loan
lend,loan
這一對詞都表示借出的意思,但詞性和使用場合有所不同。
Lend是動詞,它的過去式和過去分詞是lent.用作轉義時,可作幫助解。例:
Please lend me one thousand dollars.
請你借一千元給我。
I neither lend nor borrow.
我既不借出,也不借入。
由上列最后一例可見,借物給人是lend,問人借物是borrow.
Please lend me a hand in lifting this desk.
請幫我抬一下這張桌子。
We will lend you all the assistance in our power.
我們愿意盡力幫助你。
Loan是名詞,用起來較lend正式。
He received a loan of one million dollars from the bank to tide over his financial difficulty.
他得到銀行貸款一百萬元以度過財務困境。
This bicycle is a loan,not a gift.
這自行車是借給你的,不是送給你的。
Many paintings in the art gallery are on loan from private collections.
藝術館內不少油畫是從私人珍藏中借來的。
但在現代美式英語里loan已用作動詞,相當于lend,如:
The library loans out many books a day.
I lent him my tuxedo.(英式英語)
I loaned him my dinner coat.(美式英語)
注:tuxedo等于dinner coat.前者是British English;后者是 American English.
Loan 除了出借之意外,尚可表示公債、借款等義。如:public loan是公債,foreign loan 是外債。
lend,loan
這一對詞都表示借出的意思,但詞性和使用場合有所不同。
Lend是動詞,它的過去式和過去分詞是lent.用作轉義時,可作幫助解。例:
Please lend me one thousand dollars.
請你借一千元給我。
I neither lend nor borrow.
我既不借出,也不借入。
由上列最后一例可見,借物給人是lend,問人借物是borrow.
Please lend me a hand in lifting this desk.
請幫我抬一下這張桌子。
We will lend you all the assistance in our power.
我們愿意盡力幫助你。
Loan是名詞,用起來較lend正式。
He received a loan of one million dollars from the bank to tide over his financial difficulty.
他得到銀行貸款一百萬元以度過財務困境。
This bicycle is a loan,not a gift.
這自行車是借給你的,不是送給你的。
Many paintings in the art gallery are on loan from private collections.
藝術館內不少油畫是從私人珍藏中借來的。
但在現代美式英語里loan已用作動詞,相當于lend,如:
The library loans out many books a day.
I lent him my tuxedo.(英式英語)
I loaned him my dinner coat.(美式英語)
注:tuxedo等于dinner coat.前者是British English;后者是 American English.
Loan 除了出借之意外,尚可表示公債、借款等義。如:public loan是公債,foreign loan 是外債。