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

• 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。
• The US housing market and those in other countries remain expensive relative to earnings and rents.
  与收益及租金相比，美国和其他国家的住宅市场价格仍居于高位。
• She rents a house with three other girls
  她和其他3个女孩合租一套房子。
• 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。
• Can I pay the rents on a monthly basis?
  我可以按月交房租吗？
• He rents a10-sq-m room in an apartment for1,300 yuan a month in Chongwen district.
  他在崇文区租了一个10平米的公寓单间，租金是1300元/月。
• 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。
• She declined to forecast movements in housing prices and rents.
  她拒绝预测楼价和租金价格走势。
• It manages to knock rents down to$ 1 per square foot.
  成功地将租金降到每平方英尺1美元。
• Ground rents are likely to escalate over time.
  地租以后可能会逐渐上涨。