相似词语辨析【81】hire，rent
<p> <span word="hire">hire</span>，<span word="rent">rent</span></p><p> <span word="Hire">Hire</span>和<span word="rent">rent</span>用作动词时，一般都表示租用、租借的意思，其实这两个词的涵义和使用场合是不同的。<span word="hire">hire</span>也可表示雇用，而<span word="rent">rent</span>则不可。现把<span word="hire">hire</span> 和<span word="rent">rent</span>分辨如下：</p><p> （一）<span word="hire">hire</span>可用于人或物，如：</p><p> <span word="They">They</span> <span word="hired">hired</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="truck">truck</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="dispose">dispose</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="junk">junk</span>．</p><p> 他们租用一辆货车搬走杂物。</p><p> <span word="She">She</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="hired">hired</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="helper">helper</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="housework">housework</span>．</p><p> 她雇用了一名家务助理打理家务。</p><p> 但<span word="rent">rent</span>只可用于物件（尤其建筑物类），如：</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span>-<span word="makers">makers</span> <span word="rented">rented</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="jeep">jeep</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="journey">journey</span>．</p><p> 那些度假人士租用一辆吉普车去旅行。</p><p> <span word="Unable">Unable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="afford">afford</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="flat">flat</span>，<span word="the">the</span> <span word="newly">newly</span>－<span word="weds">weds</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rent">rent</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="room">room</span>．</p><p> 那对新婚夫妇因买不起一套房子而只好租住一个房间。</p><p> （二）用于死物时，两个词一般都有特定用法：<span word="hire">hire</span> 指较小型工具，如 <span word="clothing">clothing</span>、<span word="skis">skis</span>、<span word="fishing">fishing</span> <span word="tools">tools</span>、<span word="musical">musical</span> <span word="instruments">instruments</span>、<span word="computer">computer</span>、<span word="machine">machine</span>、<span word="rent">rent</span>指房屋（或部分）或较大型工具，如 <span word="house">house</span>、<span word="flat">flat</span>、<span word="room">room</span>、<span word="auditorium">auditorium</span>、<span word="hall">hall</span>、<span word="stall">stall</span>、<span word="a">a</span> <span word="computer">computer</span> <span word="system">system</span>、<span word="machine">machine</span>.例：</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="picnickers">picnickers</span> <span word="hired">hired</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="warm">warm</span> <span word="clothes">clothes</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="trip">trip</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mountain">mountain</span> <span word="top">top</span>．</p><p> 旅行人为登山顶而租用一些保暖衣服。</p>
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