詞彙精選：lease的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
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 ?
租約什麼時候期滿？
租期；租賃物；租賃權
例句：
They were granted the lease on condition that they paid the legal costs.
在支付法定費用的條件下他們可獲得租賃權。
例句：
The lessee shall keep and use the lease item with due care.
承租人應當妥善保管、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、土地或其它不動產。rent在英國指較長時間租出或租入房屋、商店或土地；而在美國指長時間或短時期租用各種資產以及日用東西。let尤指出租房屋或地產等。charter指承租大型運輸工具，如飛機、輪船、大客車以及火車等。
三、參考例句：
When does the lease expire ?
租約什麼時候期滿？
When does the lease expire ?
租約什麼時候期滿？
He signed the lease yesterday.
昨天他在租約上籤了字。
When will the lease fall in?
租約將於何時到期？
She hopes to lease the building to students.
她希望把房子租給學生。
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行談判。
It's a six-month lease, but it's renewable.
