lend /lend/ vt. (lent, lent) 借出，借与：Could you lend me some money?你能借给我一些钱吗? (=Could you lend some money to me?) lend sb. a hand 相助：Lend (us) a hand, please.请帮(我们)一下忙。lend an ear/one’s ears to 注意听；倾听：Please lend me your ears.请大家静一静，听我讲件事。lend itself to 适合：The novel’s complex, imaginative style does not lend itself to translation.该小说的复杂性以及富于想象的风格不适宜翻译。
［辨析］见 borrow
