Lent
n. <宗>四旬齋
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.
他父親借給他一些錢,讓他開業作鞋匠.
The way the man ate lent colour to his story of near starvation.
那人吃東西的那副饞相使人相信他說的險些要餓死的話是真的.
Everyone lent a hand, so that the work was finished ahead of schedule.
每個人都幫了忙, 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.
我正需要用梯子的時候, 發現你已經借給了鄰居.
If he already owes you money and you've lent him another ten pounds, more fool you.
如果他已經欠你錢,而你再借給他十英鎊, 那你真傻.