辨析英语近似词汇：lend，loan
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”。
页:
[1]