n.贷款;借出
v.借;供应货款
The bank will accommodate him with a loan. 银行将向他提供一笔贷款。
I propose to repay the loan at 20 pounds a month. 我打算每月偿还贷款20英镑。
She offered me the loan of her car. 她提出把汽车借给我用。
I have the book out on loan from the library. 我从图书馆里借出那本书。
The book I need is always on loan in the library, so I decide to buy one. 图书馆里我需要的那本书,总是借出状态,所以我决定买一本。
用作动词 (v.)Can I loan a ladder from you for a day or so? 我可以借你的梯子用一两天吗?
When we loan you cash, you blame us for your national debts. 当我们借给你们钱时,你们又为债务而责怪我们。
loan可用作及物动词,意为“借,借出”。美式英语中常用lend代替loan。
loan on意为“以…作抵押而借出〔贷给〕”。
loan其后可接双宾语,其间接宾语也可转换为介词to的宾语。
在美式英语中,常将loan用作lend,而这种用法在英式英语中则较少见,英国人通常用loan表示“正式地长期出借”。