Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #2386
rent
租用；租赁
to pay money for the temporary use of a property or an object
- 1.
To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
以租金交换租赁房屋
- 2.
To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
以金钱交换临时拥有物品(如电影)
以租金交换租赁房屋；以金钱交换临时拥有物品(如电影)；租用；租出；出租
In use
I rent my apartment to a student.
We rented a car for our road trip.
She rents a small office downtown.
rent sth
表示临时租用某物。
We decided to rent a car for the weekend.
我们决定周末租一辆车。
rent sth from sb
强调租用的来源。
They rented an apartment from a local landlord.
他们从当地房东那里租了一套公寓。
rent sth to sb
表示出租给他人。
She rents her spare room to students.
她把空房间租给学生。
Verb forms
Connections
Collocations
- rent an apartment
- 租公寓
- We decided to rent an apartment near the university.我们决定在大学附近租一套公寓。
- rent a car
- 租车
- You can rent a car at the airport.你可以在机场租车。
- rent a movie
- 租电影
- Let's rent a movie and watch it at home.咱们租部电影在家看吧。
- rent out
- 出租
- They rent out a room to foreign students.他们把一间房间出租给外国学生。
- rent equipment
- 租用设备
- The company rents equipment for construction projects.这家公司为建筑项目租用设备。
- rent a bike
- 租自行车
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想rent中的'ren'为'人'，'t'为'特'，人特别需要租房子。
Context & Register
动词“rent”可表示“出租”或“租用”，常用于房屋、车辆、设备等租赁场景。语体通常中性，在合同等正式场合略显正式，日常口语中也很常见。需根据主语判断方向。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'rent' (pronounced /rɛnt/), sharing the spelling pattern '-ent' and the sound /ɛnt/. No lookalikes with different sounds are included.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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