
n.貸款;借出
v.借;供應(yīng)貨款
The bank will accommodate him with a loan. 銀行將向他提供一筆貸款。
I propose to repay the loan at 20 pounds a month. 我打算每月償還貸款20英鎊。
She offered me the loan of her car. 她提出把汽車借給我用。
I have the book out on loan from the library. 我從圖書館里借出那本書。
The book I need is always on loan in the library, so I decide to buy one. 圖書館里我需要的那本書,總是借出狀態(tài),所以我決定買一本。
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)Can I loan a ladder from you for a day or so? 我可以借你的梯子用一兩天嗎?
When we loan you cash, you blame us for your national debts. 當(dāng)我們借給你們錢時(shí),你們又為債務(wù)而責(zé)怪我們。
loan可用作及物動(dòng)詞,意為“借,借出”。美式英語(yǔ)中常用lend代替loan。
loan on意為“以…作抵押而借出〔貸給〕”。
loan其后可接雙賓語(yǔ),其間接賓語(yǔ)也可轉(zhuǎn)換為介詞to的賓語(yǔ)。
在美式英語(yǔ)中,常將loan用作lend,而這種用法在英式英語(yǔ)中則較少見(jiàn),英國(guó)人通常用loan表示“正式地長(zhǎng)期出借”。