rents

英 [rents]

美 [rents]

n.  租金; 破裂处; 裂口; 撕裂
v.  租用，租借(房屋、土地、机器等); 出租; 将…租给; (短期)租用，租借
rent的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 租来;租借
  If yourentsomething, you regularly pay its owner a sum of money in order to be able to have it and use it yourself.
  1. She rents a house with three other girls...
     她和其他3个女孩合租一套房子。
  2. He left his hotel in a rented car.
     他开着一辆租来的车离开了酒店。
• VERB 出租;租给
  If yourentsomethingtosomeone, you let them have it and use it in exchange for a sum of money which they pay you regularly.
  1. She rented rooms to university students.
     她把房间租给了大学生。
  2. Rent outmeans the same asrent.
     rent out 同 rent
  3. He rented out his house while he worked abroad...
     他在国外工作期间把自己的房子租了出去。
  4. He repaired the boat, and rented it out for $150.
     他修好了那条船，然后把它以150美元的价格租了出去。
• N-VAR 租金;租用费
  Rentis the amount of money that you pay regularly to use a house, flat, or piece of land.
  1. She worked to pay the rent while I went to college...
     在我读大学期间，她打工挣钱来付租金。
  2. Traders in Marble Arch are facing huge rent increases.
     大理石拱门的经销商们面临租金的大幅上涨。
• 
  Rentis the past tense and past participle ofrend.
• See also:ground rentpeppercorn rent

Do not confuserent,hire, andlet. In British English, if you pay a sum of money to use something for a short time, you say that youhireit. In American English, it is more common to say that yourentit.He was unable to hire another car... He rented a car for the weekend.If you make a series of payments to use something for a long time, you say that yourentit....the apartment he had rented... He rented a TV.You can say that yourenta house or room to someone when they pay you money to live there.We rented our house to an American professor.You can also say that youleta house or room to someone.They were letting a room to a school teacher.
不要混淆 rent，hire 和 let。英国英语中用 hire 表示花钱短期租用某物，在美国英语中 rent 更为常用。如，He was unable to hire another car (他雇不到别的车)，He rented a car for the weekend (他为度周末租了一辆车)。rent 表示长期租用某物并且定期付费，如，the apartment he had rented (他租的公寓)，He rented a TV (他租了一台电视)。出租房屋并定期收取房租要用rent，如，We rented our house to an American professor (我们把房子租给了一位美国教授)。let 也可表示出租房间给某人，如，They were letting a room to a school teacher (他们把房间租给了一个教师)。

双语例句

• Government control of the rents of houses and apartments is a special form of price control.
  政府对院宅和公寓房租的管制，是价格管制的一种特殊形式。
• Her inability to pay the rents caused trouble.
  她无力付房租引起了麻烦。
• Ground rents are likely to escalate over time.
  地租以后可能会逐渐上涨。
• Of course, slap-bang in the middle of town the rents are high.
  当然啦，市区正中心的租金是很高的。
• Can I pay the rents on a monthly basis?
  我可以按月交房租吗？
• They will have to pay much more when rents treble in January
  一月份房租增加两倍时，他们将被迫多付不少钱。
• The answer is the land rents dissipated!
  答案是消散了的租值！
• Pork-barrel politicians hand out rents to win votes and influence people.
  搞分肥拨款的政客为获得选票、影响民情而发放房租补贴。
• Two of Glasgow's attractions are said to be, well, lower rents and lower salaries.
  据说，格拉斯哥的两大吸引力是：较低的租金和薪资水平。
• The US housing market and those in other countries remain expensive relative to earnings and rents.
  与收益及租金相比，美国和其他国家的住宅市场价格仍居于高位。