音标:英 /rent/,美 /rent/
核心含义:
名词:租金(定期支付的使用费用);裂缝、裂口(如布料上的破损)
动词:租用(支付费用获得使用权);出租(将财产供他人使用以获取报酬);撕裂(rend 的过去式和过去分词)
租金:指使用房屋、土地等财产时定期支付的费用。
例:The monthly rent for a two-bedroom flat is £953.33.(双卧室公寓月租金为953.33英镑)
裂缝:指物体表面因撕裂产生的开口,较少用于日常语境。
例:Rain entered through a rent in the tarpaulin.(雨水从帆布的裂缝渗入)
租用(及物/不及物):可指“租入”或“租出”,后接房屋、汽车等名词,美式英语中更常用。
例:She rents a house with three other girls.(她和另外三个女孩合租房子)
例:The cottage rents for $200 a month.(这间小屋月租200美元)
撕裂:作为 rend 的过去式,强调暴力导致的破裂。
例:The flag was rent in two during the storm.(旗帜在风暴中被撕成两半)
for rent:供出租
例:Helmets will be available for rent at all ski areas.(所有滑雪场均提供头盔出租)
rent out:租出(将自己的财产供他人使用)
例:Last summer he rented out his house and went camping.(去年夏天他把房子租出去后去露营了)
pay the rent:支付租金
例:She worked to pay the rent while I went to college.(我上大学时,她打工付房租)
rent-free:免租金
例:They told James he could no longer live rent-free.(他们告诉詹姆斯不能再免费住下去了)
租金相关:
Traders in Marble Arch are facing huge rent increases.(大理石拱门的商户面临租金大幅上涨)
How much is the annual ground rent?(年地租是多少?)
租用场景:
They refused to rent an apartment to an unmarried couple.(他们拒绝把公寓租给未婚情侣)
I rented a car for the day to visit the countryside.(我租了一天车去乡下)
延伸用法:
The extra income meant she could tuck away the rent.(额外收入让她能存下房租钱)
We are not gonna pay rent ’cause everything is rent.(我们不会付租金,因为一切都是暂时的)(音乐剧《Rent》中引申为“非永久拥有”)
rent vs. lease:rent 侧重短期或日常租赁(如租房、租车),lease 指长期契约式租赁(如土地、设备)。
例:We rent an apartment monthly, but lease the office space for five years.(我们按月租公寓,但以五年期租赁办公空间)
rent vs. hire:rent 多用于不动产(房屋、土地),hire 侧重短期租用动产(工具、服装)。
例:I hired a tuxedo for the wedding and rent a bike daily.(我租了礼服参加婚礼,且每天租自行车)
总结:rent 是日常高频词,核心围绕“租金”与“租赁行为”,需根据语境区分具体含义。在经济或法律场景中,注意与 lease 等词的搭配差异。你在租房或租车时,是否遇到过与 rent 相关的实用