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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。
租用；租赁
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租用；租赁
to pay money for the temporary use of a property or an object
We decided to rent a car for the weekend.
我们决定周末租一辆车。
以租金交换租赁房屋
To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
以金钱交换临时拥有物品(如电影)
To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
rent
Base
原形
rents
3rd person
第三人称单数
renting
-ing
现在分词
rented
Past
过去式
rented
Past participle
过去分词
I rent a car every weekend.
我每个周末租一辆车。
She rented an apartment last year.
她去年租了一套公寓。
They are renting a house for the summer.
他们正在为夏天租一栋房子。
I rent my apartment to a student.
我把我的公寓租给了一个学生。
We rented a car for our road trip.
我们为公路旅行租了一辆车。
She rents a small office downtown.
她在市中心租了一个小办公室。
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。
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。
表示出租给他人。
She rents her spare room to students.
她把空房间租给学生。
Not this
I rent a car to the company.
Use this
I rent a car from the company.
表示“从某处租用”时，介词要用from，而不是to。
Not this
I want to rent a driver for the day.
Use this
I want to hire a driver for the day.
rent用于租用物品，hire用于雇用人员。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
租车
You can rent a car at the airport.
你可以在机场租车。
租电影
Let's rent a movie and watch it at home.
咱们租部电影在家看吧。
出租
They rent out a room to foreign students.
他们把一间房间出租给外国学生。
租用设备
The company rents equipment for construction projects.
这家公司为建筑项目租用设备。
租自行车
Tourists often rent a bike to explore the city.
游客们常租自行车游览这座城市。
出租（某物）
She rents out her apartment to students during the summer.
她夏天把公寓租给学生。
（尤指令人烦恼的念头）一直在某人脑海里挥之不去
That mistake still lives rent-free in my head.
那个错误仍然在我脑海里挥之不去。
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联想rent中的'ren'为'人'，'t'为'特'，人特别需要租房子。
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。
All listed words rhyme with 'rent' (pronounced /rɛnt/), sharing the spelling pattern '-ent' and the sound /ɛnt/. No lookalikes with different sounds are included.
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