lent

英 [lent] 美[lɛnt]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

v. 借给；贷款（lend的过去式和过去分词）

中文词源

Lent 大斋期，四旬期

来自古英语Lenten,四旬期，复活节（Easter,原为春天女神）前的四十天，来自lencten,春天，词源同long,因春天白昼时间逐渐变长而得名。

英文词源

Lent: Lent: [OE] The etymological meaning of Lent is ‘long days’. It comes from *langgitīnaz, a prehistoric West Germanic compound formed from *lanngaz ‘long’ and an element *tīnadenoting ‘day’. This signified originally ‘spring’, an allusion to the lengthening days at that time of year. It passed into Old English as lencten, which became Middle English lenten, but in the 13th century the -en was dropped from the noun, leaving Lenten to function as an adjective. By this time too the secular sense ‘spring’ was fast dying out, having been usurped by the application of Lent to the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter.
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Lent (n.): late 14c., short for Lenten (n.) "forty days before Easter" (early 12c.), from Old English lencten "springtime, spring," the season, also "the fast of Lent," from West Germanic *langa-tinaz "long-days" (cognate with Old Saxon lentin, Middle Dutch lenten, Old High German lengizin manoth), from *lanngaz (root of Old English lang "long;" see long (adj.)) + *tina-, a root meaning "day" (compare Gothic sin-teins "daily"), cognate with Old Church Slavonic dini, Lithuanian diena, Latin dies "day" (see diurnal).

the compound probably refers to the increasing daylight. Compare similar form evolution in Dutch lente (Middle Dutch lentin), German Lenz (Old High German lengizin) "spring." Church sense of "period between Ash Wednesday and Easter" is peculiar to English.

双语例句

1. Somebody else lent me a pump and helped me mend the puncture.: 别人借给我一个打气筒，又帮我补好了轮胎。

2. 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。

3. They've just lent me a laser disc player.: 他们刚借了我一部激光视盘播放机。

4. I've lent the car to a friend.: 我把车借给一位朋友了。

5. My parents lent me the money. Otherwise, I couldn't have afforded the trip.: 我父母借钱给我了。否则，我可付不起这次旅费。

英英释意

1. a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday

考试真题

Most of the books she lent out came back without jackets.

Another time, he lent a friend money to buy a house.

I hope you like the book I lent you.

Biologists estimate that as many as 2 million lesser prairie chickens一-a kind of bird living on stretching grasslands - once lent red to the often grey landscape of the mid-western and southwestern United States.

实用场景例句

His father lent him some money to set him up as a shoemaker.: 他父亲借给他一些钱,让他开业作鞋匠.

The way the man ate lent colour to his story of near starvation.: 那人吃东西的那副馋相使人相信他说的险些要饿死的话是真的.

Everyone lent a hand, so that the work was finished ahead of schedule.: 每个人都帮了忙, 所以工作提前完成了.

Just when I needed the ladder, I found that you had lent it to our neighbor.: 我正需要用梯子的时候, 发现你已经借给了邻居.

If he already owes you money and you've lent him another ten pounds, more fool you.: 如果他已经欠你钱,而你再借给他十英镑, 那你真傻.

When can you let me have back the money that I lent you?: 你什么时候能把我借给你的钱还给我?

The dress lent charm to the girl.: 那件衣服给那个姑娘增添了妩媚.

According to that script, the merchant, Shylock, lent 3,000 ducats to Antonio.: 这个剧本里的商人夏洛克借给安东尼奥3000块金币.

Next year the bank will draw in some of the money it has lent.: 明年银行将把一部分贷款收回来.

All sorts of illustrious and influential persons lent their names to our national culture.: 各种有名望有影响的人大声疾呼支持我们的民族文化.

I haven't got back the book I lent him.: 我还没有收回我借给他的那本书.

He has got through all the money I lent him.: 我借给他的钱他已花光了.

He lent his name to the undertaking.: 他以自己的名义支持该事业.

Her presence lent an air of respectability to the occasion.: 她的到场使那种场合增添了崇高的气氛.

They have lent out the car to some friends.: 他们已把车借给了几个朋友了.

I've lent the car to a friend.: 我把车借给一位朋友了。

My parents lent me the money. Otherwise, I couldn't have afforded the trip.: 我父母借钱给我了。否则，我可付不起这次旅费。

The money was lent for an undefined period of time.: 这笔钱无限期借出。

Somebody else lent me a pump and helped me mend the puncture.: 别人借给我一个打气筒，又帮我补好了轮胎。

My brother lent me some money and I went and blew the lot.: 我兄弟借给我一些钱，全被我拿去挥霍了。

It was a favourite meal on Fridays and fast days, particularly during Lent.: 到了星期五和斋戒日、尤其是大斋期时，这个菜式非常受欢迎。

Your mother once saved my bacon. She lent me money when I needed it.: 你母亲帮过我一次大忙，在我需要的时候借过钱给我。

He had political points of view and lent his name to a lot of causes.: 他很有政治见解，对很多事业都予以支持。

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。

Her gran lent her a camera for a school trip to Venice and Egypt.: 她奶奶借给她一架相机，让她带上参加学校组织的威尼斯和埃及之旅。

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。

They've just lent me a laser disc player.: 他们刚借了我一部激光视盘播放机。

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