相似英语词汇辨析(97)lend,loan

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  97 lend,loan
  这一对词都表示“借出”的意思,但词性和使用场合有所不同。
  Lend是动词,它的过去式和过去分词是lent。用作转义时,可作“帮助”解。例:
  Please lend me one thousand dollars.
  请你借一千元给我。
  I neither lend nor borrow.
  我既不借出,也不借入。
  由上列最后一例可见,“借物给人”是lend,“问人借物”是borrow。
  Please lend me a hand in lifting this desk.
  请帮我抬一下这张桌子。
  We will lend you all the assistance in our power.
  我们愿意尽力帮助你。
  Loan是名词,用起来较lend正式。
  He received a loan of one million dollars from the bank to tide over his financial difficulty.
  他得到银行贷款一百万元以度过财务困境。
  This bicycle is a loan,not a gift.
  这自行车是借给你的,不是送给你的。
  Many paintings in the art gallery are on loan from private collections.
  艺术馆内不少油画是从私人珍藏中借来的。
  但在现代美式英语里loan已用作动词,相当于lend,如:
  The library loans out many books a day.
  I lent him my tuxedo.(英式英语)
  I loaned him my dinner coat.(美式英语)
  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“公债”、“借款”等义。如:public loan是“公债”,foreign loan 是“外债”。

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