一、詳細(xì)釋義：


n.

租約，租契 [C]


例句：

The lease on this house expires at the end of the year.

這房子的租約年底到期。


例句：

When does the lease expire ?

租約什么時(shí)候期滿？


租期；租賃物；租賃權(quán)


例句：

They were granted the lease on condition that they paid the legal costs.

在支付法定費(fèi)用的條件下他們可獲得租賃權(quán)。


例句：

The lessee shall keep and use the lease item with due care.

承租人應(yīng)當(dāng)妥善保管、使用租賃物。


v.

出租；租得 [I,T]


例句：

She hopes to lease the building to students.

她希望把房子租給學(xué)生。


例句：

He went to Toronto, where he leased an apartment.

他去了多倫多，在那兒租了一間公寓。


二、詞義辨析：


hire,lease,rent,let,charter

這些動(dòng)詞均含“租，租用”之意。 hire多指短期租用。在英國一般指租用車、船。 lease指按照租約租出或租用房屋、土地或其它不動(dòng)產(chǎn)。 rent在英國指較長時(shí)間租出或租入房屋、商店或土地；而在美國指長時(shí)間或短時(shí)期租用各種資產(chǎn)以及日用東西。 let尤指出租房屋或地產(chǎn)等。 charter指承租大型運(yùn)輸工具，如飛機(jī)、輪船、大客車以及火車等。


三、參考例句：


When does the lease expire ?

租約什么時(shí)候期滿？


When does the?lease?expire ?

租約什么時(shí)候期滿？


He signed the lease yesterday.

昨天他在租約上簽了字。


When will the lease fall in?

租約將于何時(shí)到期？


She hopes to lease the building to students.

她希望把房子租給學(xué)生。


We will lease the house to you for one year.

我們將把這套房子租給你一年。


We have taken a lease on an office building.

我們租下了一棟辦公大樓。


Our present lease on the flat expires next month.

我們這套公寓的租約下月到期。


They bargained over the terms of a lease.

他們就租約的條件進(jìn)行談判。


It's a six-month lease, but it's renewable.