1.rent n.租金,租费v.租用,租入 The rent for the apartment is $80 a month. 那套公寓的租金为每月八十美元。 We don't own our house.We rent it. 我自己没房子。这是租来的。 考点提示: for rent 出租的 rent...from...从……那儿租 rent...to...出租(分……) pay rent 付租金 完成句子: (1)约翰和保罗同租一间小公寓并共同分担租金。 John and Paul ________a small flat and they share the________. (2)老妇人把房子以每周55美元的价格租给我们。 The old lady ________us her spare room for $55 a week. 2.mercy n.仁慈、宽恕,宽容 They showed mercy to their enemies. 他们对敌人很仁慈。 It's a mercy that she wasn't hurt in the accident. 她在事故中未受伤,真幸运。 He begged for mercy (of the king). 他祈求(国王)宽恕。 without mercy 毫不容情地 at the mercy of sb/sth 任由某人/某事物摆布或控制 have mercy on/upon 对……有怜悯心 out of mercy 出于仁慈 |