rent
rent — 名詞
1. A regular payment you make to the owner of a building, room, vehicle, or piece o
租金；房租
定期繳給房東或物主的使用費
A regular payment you make to the owner of a building, room, vehicle, or piece of equipment so you can keep using it.
Tanvi pays $1,200 in rent each month for her small studio near the university.
Tanvi 每個月付 1200 美元的租金，在學校附近租了一間小套房。
collocation: pay + rent
The landlord raised the rent by fifty dollars after the tenant asked for kitchen repairs.
房東在租客要求修理廚房之後，把租金調漲了五十美元。
collocation: raise + the rent
Haruto could not afford the rent after the factory where he worked closed down.
Haruto 工作的那家工廠關閉後，他就付不起租金了。
The rent for their two-bedroom flat includes water and gas but not internet.
那間兩房公寓的租金包含水費和瓦斯費，但不包含網路費。
Sofie collects rent from five shop owners in a building she owns near the market.
Sofie 向她擁有一棟大樓的五位店家收取租金。
- lease
A lease is both the legal contract itself and, less commonly, the payment under that contract; rent is the everyday term for the actual money.
- hire
In British English, hire can mean the payment for short-term use of a vehicle or equipment (car hire, bike hire), but for housing, rent is the standard term.
文法句型
pay + rent
raise/lower + the rent
用法筆記
Rent is usually paid monthly, and the amount is agreed on in a written agreement called a lease or rental contract.
常見錯誤
2. The state of a house, room, or other item being available from the owner for use
招租
房東提供給他人付費使用的狀態
The state of a house, room, or other item being available from the owner for use in return for payment — found in the fixed phrases 'for rent' and 'to rent'.
There is a 'For Rent' sign outside the empty shop on the street corner.
街角那間空店面外面掛了一塊「招租」的牌子。
phrase: For Rent sign
The flat above the dentist's office is for rent at a very reasonable price.
牙醫診所樓上的那間公寓正在出租，價格非常合理。
structure: is + for rent
Are there any rooms to rent near the university within this price range?
大學附近在這個價位範圍內有沒有房間要出租？
The house next door has been for rent for three months with no buyers.
隔壁那棟房子已經掛牌出租三個月了，都沒有買家。
文法句型
for rent
to rent
be + for rent
用法筆記
For rent is the common phrase in American English; in British English, the equivalent is to let (e.g., 'flat to let'). British English also uses to rent in the same way as American English.
常見錯誤
3. A large torn opening found on cloth, clothing, or other fabric — a word from old
裂口；破洞
布料上因撕裂造成的大開口
A large torn opening found on cloth, clothing, or other fabric — a word from older English (root: 'rend') that survives mainly in literary descriptions.
Nkechi sewed up the rent in her son's trousers before he left for school.
Nkechi 把兒子褲子上的裂口縫好，才讓他出門上學。
A large rent in the old curtain let the morning sunlight pour into the room.
舊窗簾上一個大裂口讓清晨的陽光灑進了滿是灰塵的房間。
literary register: large rent in [fabric]
The soldier noticed a small rent in the flag where metal had cut through.
那個士兵注意到旗幟上被金屬片割破的一道裂口。
The tailor shook her head at the large rent in the expensive silk gown.
裁縫師看著那件昂貴絲質禮服上的大裂口，搖了搖頭。
用法筆記
This sense comes from the verb rend and is unrelated to the financial meaning of rent. It is very rare in everyday speech; most modern speakers use tear, rip, or hole instead.
常見錯誤
rent — 動詞
1. To pay money in order to use a building, room, vehicle, or piece of equipment th
租用；出租
付費使用他人財物，或收費讓他人使用
To pay money in order to use a building, room, vehicle, or piece of equipment that belongs to someone else; or to receive money by allowing someone else to use your property, often with 'out' to make the landlord meaning clear.
Diego rented a car at the airport to drive to his parents' house.
Diego 在機場租了一輛車，開去父母家探望他們。
pattern: rent + object + from + person
Adina rents a small room from an elderly couple who live in the city centre.
Adina 向市中心的一對老夫妻租了一個小房間。
The company rents out its office furniture to small businesses that are just starting up.
這家公司把辦公家具出租給剛創業的小公司。
Liang rented a boat for the afternoon and took his family out on the lake.
Liang 租了一艘船，下午帶著家人到平靜的湖面上出遊。
The Watanabe family rent their summer house to tourists every year for some extra income.
渡邊家每年夏天把度假小屋租給遊客，賺一些額外的收入。
- lease
Lease suggests a formal, long-term written contract for property; rent covers both long-term and short-term, and is more common in everyday use.
- hire
In British English, hire is used for short-term rental of vehicles, tools, or equipment; rent is more common for housing and in American English generally.
- let
British English equivalent of 'rent out' — the owner lets a property to a tenant (e.g., 'the flat is let for £800 a month').
文法句型
rent + object
rent + object + from + person
rent + object + out + to + person
用法筆記
When you are the person paying, the structure is 'rent something from someone.' When you are the person receiving money, add 'out' for clarity: 'rent something out to someone.' Without 'out,' the sentence can be ambiguous — 'they rent their house' could mean they pay to live there or they let others stay there.
常見錯誤
2. (Of a property or item) To be offered for use by someone in exchange for payment
可出租
可供他人付費租用（通常後接價錢）
(Of a property or item) To be offered for use by someone in exchange for payment, usually at a particular price.
The apartment rents for nine hundred dollars a month with all utilities included.
那間公寓每月租金九百美元，水電瓦斯全部包含在內。
pattern: rent + for + price
This model of electric car rents for about sixty dollars per day at the airport.
這款電動車在機場的租金大約是每天六十美元。
The large hall at the hotel rents out for weddings and birthday parties all year.
飯店的那間大廳整年出租給婚禮和生日派對使用。
Her beach house rents for three thousand dollars each week during the summer season.
她的海灘小屋在夏季每週租金三千美元。
- let for
In British English, 'let for' is the equivalent: 'the flat lets for £700 a month.'
文法句型
rent + for + amount
rent + at + amount
用法筆記
This is the intransitive use: the property or item is the subject, and the price follows 'for.' It is common in advertising and descriptions, e.g., 'the house rents for $2,000 a month.'
3. The form taken by the old verb 'rend' when telling about something that was torn
撕裂（古）
「rend」的過去式與過去分詞，強力撕裂
The form taken by the old verb 'rend' when telling about something that was torn apart violently in the past — now only seen in old or literary writing.
In a poem, the grieving king rent his robe and wept for his dead son.
在一首詩中，悲慟的國王撕裂了自己的袍子，為死去的兒子哭泣。
literary usage: rent + clothing as gesture of grief
The castle's great banner was rent by the fierce wind during the overnight storm.
城堡的那面大旗在夜間的狂風中被撕破了。
In a legend, the hero rent the iron chains and set the prisoners free.
在一則傳說中，英雄撕裂了鐵鍊，釋放了囚犯。
The ancient story describes how the wolf rent the deer's flesh with its sharp teeth.
那則古老故事描述狼如何用利齒撕裂鹿的肉。
用法筆記
This is a completely different word from the financial rent — it is simply the past form of the old verb 'rend' (to tear violently). You will only see it in classic literature, historical novels, or poetic writing. In modern English, 'tear' (past: tore) or 'rip' (past: ripped) are used instead.