单词 | 美国腔 |
释义 | 〔loan〕The verbloan is well established in American usage and cannot be considered incorrect.The frequent objections to the form by American grammarians may have originatedfrom a provincial deference to British critics,who long ago labeled the usage a typical Americanism.Butloan is used only to describe physical transactions, as of money or goods.For figurative transactions,lend is the only possible form: 动词loan 在美国英语中的用法已根深蒂固, 不能认为是不确切的。美国语法专家们之所以对这一形式经常提出异议,是出于对英国批评家的狭隘尊崇,他们很久以来一直把这一用法列为典型美国腔。但loan 只用于描述物质交易, 如钱或商品。至于象征性的交易,只可能用lend : |
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