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

• But the competition boosted rents and labour costs, forcing a wave of reverse migration.
  但激烈的竞争推升了当地的租金和劳动力成本，导致了一波撤离织里的浪潮。
• Ground rents are likely to escalate over time.
  地租以后可能会逐渐上涨。
• They have grown accustomed to collecting fat rents in a rigged market.
  他们已经习惯了在受到操纵的市场上收取丰厚的租金。
• She rents a room here.
  她在这儿租了一个房间。
• Someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments.
  收入来自财产的租金或债券的利息和其它的投资的人。
• These challenges include rising labour costs and rents, labour shortages, changing consumer tastes and increasing competition.
  这些挑战包括：劳动力成本和租金不断上涨，人工短缺，消费者口味改变，竞争日益加剧。
• He rents the house and sublets a room to a friend.
  他租下了这幢房子，然后把一个房间转租给朋友。
• 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。
• Property prices are rising, with rents more than doubling in the past year.
  房地产价格不断上涨，租金价格在过去一年里上涨了一倍多。
• Where Marcella lives, the rents are fairly cheap, but a little further north it's a different story.
  玛塞拉居住的地方，租金比较便宜，但稍稍再往北一点情况就不同了。