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rent objrentv [T]To rent is to pay or receive a fixed amount of money for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc.租借，租用，出租，出借I had a week in London so I rented a car from a garage and drove all around the city.在伦敦，我有一周的时间，所以我从车行租了辆车，满城兜风。The old lady rented us her spare bedroom/rented her spare room to us for ￡55 a week.[+two objects]老夫人把空房间以每周55My Dad has a cottage by the sea which he rents out to tourists.[M]我父亲拥有在海边的一座别墅，他常将其出租给游客。(Br disapproving) A rent-a-person or thing or group of people seem as if they have been rented for a particular purpose and are not sincere.因临时特殊目的招来的（一群人或物）The protest was mostly attended by rent-a-mob and few people turned up to support the real issue.抗议活动多由临时召集的普通群众参加，很少有人为了真正的抗议目的参加。(humorous) I don't know anyone at this party, it must be rent-a-crowd.我不认得聚会当中的任何人，这一定全是雇来的人。
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