Lent
n. <宗>四旬斋
Lent is the past tense and past participle of lend.
1. a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
His father lent him some money to set him up as a shoemaker.
他父亲借给他一些钱,让他开业作鞋匠.
The way the man ate lent colour to his story of near starvation.
那人吃东西的那副馋相使人相信他说的险些要饿死的话是真的.
Everyone lent a hand, so that the work was finished ahead of schedule.
每个人都帮了忙, 所以工作提前完成了.
Just when I needed the ladder, I found that you had lent it to our neighbor.
我正需要用梯子的时候, 发现你已经借给了邻居.
If he already owes you money and you've lent him another ten pounds, more fool you.
如果他已经欠你钱,而你再借给他十英镑, 那你真傻.