She offered to
lend me some books.
她主动提出要借给我一些书。
There's no way the bank will give you a loan.
银行不可能会给你贷款的。
Lend me five yuan, please.
请借给我5元钱。
I lent my friend my car for the weekend.
我将我的车借给朋友周末使用。
She lent me a book from her extensive library.
她从她的大图书馆里借给我一本书。
He lent his ear to the old man's story, showing genuine interest.
他认真倾听老人的故事，表现出真正的兴趣。
The bank agreed to
lend me a loan for buying a house.
银行同意贷款给我购买房子。
They lent their support to the local charity event.
他们支持了当地的慈善活动。
Can you
lend me your pen? Mine has run out of ink.
你能借我你的笔吗？我的墨水用完了。
She lent her expertise to help solve the complex problem.
她贡献自己的专业知识来帮助解决复杂问题。
The
lending library has a wide selection of books for children.
这个借阅图书馆有丰富的儿童书籍可供选择。
They lent temporary shelter to the homeless people during the storm.
暴风雨期间，他们为无家可归的人提供了临时住所。
Lending a helping hand is an act of kindness that can go a long way.
伸出援手是一种能产生很大影响的善举。
The collaboration agreement is expected to lend strong support to the plan that Shanghai has outlined for digital transformation, aiming to become a global capital for digitization by 2035.
这一合作协定预计将为上海制定的数字化转型计划提供强有力的支持，上海的目标是在2035年成为全球数字化的中心。
Under Chinese rules, consumer finance companies are allowed to lend 10 times their capital.
This contractual relationship is made even more democratic and symmetrical, as artificial intelligence and the analysis of data lend a helping hand in tailoring client needs, and consequently excel in risk control.
Zhou Guoping, chairman of China Anneng Construction Group Corp, said SOEs have found a way to strike a balance between epidemic control and production resumption, and the same will lend support to the strong fundamentals of the Chinese economy.
"As a representative of the Chinese manufacturing industry, we felt we should lend a hand in this situation and use all our strength to produce the much-needed masks," said Wang Chuanfu, president of the company.
To lend a helping hand to medical workers who are overloaded with work diagnosing and treating the COVID-19 patient, the company collected medical data on more than 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 patients as quickly as possible, which was then labeled by professional doctors -- defining normal elements and categorizing abnormal ones.
In the run-up to the exhibition, Frederic Jacquin, senior vice-president of Elkem Silicones, spoke with China Daily about the company's take on the Chinese market, and its determination to lend further support to the Chinese government and enterprises alike in moving toward a circular economy and sustainable industry, reducing their environmental footprint and restructuring the end markets on the supply front.
"We are 'in China, for China', and are building a more robust innovation ecosystem for local clients," he said, adding that Shanghai's vast talent pool and plethora of industrial partners along with its ecosystem will lend fresh momentum for growth.
He said the 9-year-old platform has garnered over 150 million overseas buyers, and is eyeing the Belt and Road Initiative, which aims to strengthen infrastructure, economic and trade ties in the Eurasian and Africa region, to lend AliExpress new momentum to grow its customer base at a faster pace.
Given SMEs' high risks, commercial banks are reluctant to lend to them," said Huang Jianmin, deputy general manager of China Railway Construction Investment Co Ltd, whose parent company currently has 460 thousand suppliers.
The core business of Vzoom is to provide information on tax records of companies - mainly the small and medium ones applying for business loans - from the tax bureau to the banks, so the banks will have a better picture of the applicant companies' financial status, and be able to make quick and timely decisions on whether or not to lend them money.
Xie said JD Finance hopes to help each bank using the Big Dipper lend 10 billion yuan more to retail clients and help it achieve a growth of 10 billion yuan in loan balance in three years.
A United Kingdom satellite company has secured a 25-million-pound ($35 million) contract to lend a high-resolution Earth observation spacecraft to a Chinese partner for seven years.
"But the chances are very low given that LeEco is so weak financially that almost no bank is willing to lend Jia money," Shen said.
The Belt and Road Initiative will lend new momentum to growth, he said.
The Belt and Road Initiative, which aims to strengthen infrastructure, economic and trade ties in the Eurasian region, will lend AliExpress new momentum to grow its customer base tenfold in less than seven years, said Shen Difan, general manager of AliExpress.
Chang Haizhong, executive director of corporates at ratings agency Fitch Bohua, said it is expected that problems, like commercial banks being reluctant to lend to private enterprises and financial asset management institutions being reluctant to invest in private enterprise bonds, will be solved to a certain extent going forward.
He said multinationals can lend international experience to the projects as well as technology and strong brand names, while they can benefit from taking part in such projects by obtaining additional business, especially given the sluggish global economy.
The Western governments and institutions have largely refused to lend to such infrastructure projects given their long payback cycles, but China has helped those countries develop their economies and gain access to higher tax revenues so that they have the money to repay their debts to Western entities and improve domestic livelihoods.
Cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative continues to lend new impetus to broader regional cooperation.
"Overall, today's inflation readings lend further support to our call for the PBOC to deliver a 10 basis points policy rate cut first to the medium-term lending facility rate next week and then to the loan prime rate, which we have been expecting since mid-May," he said.
“总体来看，今天的通胀数据进一步支持了我们的观点，即中国人民银行将在下周率先对中期借贷便利利率下调10个基点，随后对贷款市场报价利率进行调整，这是我们自5月中旬以来一直预期的。”他说。
According to Knightley, the stress created by the SVB failure could make US banks more nervous about whom they lend to, and thus hamper US credit expansion and economic prospects.
Noting that smaller businesses will still be faced with notable challenges next year, Xu said that the current tax and fee cut policies, as well as tax deferral and refund policies, are likely to be extended and optimized in light of actual conditions next year, so as to lend full support to the country's small and micro businesses and help them with innovation and upgrading.
In the 1990s, when CEIBS asked his then superior at the IMD to lend a helping hand in establishing their business in Shanghai, Turpin jumped at the opportunity even though Shanghai's Pudong New Area then was full of rice fields and nowhere near as developed as it is today.
"Many of the people living in my community are elderly citizens, so I felt it was necessary for young people like me to lend a helping hand with moving heavy supplies.
He recalls how she never hesitates to lend money to friends and relatives despite the constant nagging she receives from him.
More steps to spur infrastructure, manufacturing, investment comingPro-growth policies to speed up infrastructure construction, spur consumption and stabilize growth overall are expected to lend solidity to China's economy, and the country's GDP is likely to see positive growth in the second quarter, officials and experts said on Tuesday.
"Against this special backdrop, it is even more important to give full play to the role of think tanks and media," he said, adding that the network aims to promote cooperative studies and dialogue and lend intellectual support to the advancement of the RCEP process.
China's efforts to boost consumer spending, its effective investment and the measures taken so far to stabilize industrial and supply chains will all lend solidity to the macroeconomy amid headwinds like the resurgence of COVID-19 and external uncertainties, industry experts said on Tuesday.
According to the group's Shanghai branch, the temporary hospital at the National Exhibition and Convention Center enjoys coverage from fast and reliable 4G, 5G, fiberoptic broadband services and WiFi networks, enabling 5G disinfecting robots and delivery robots to lend a hand in the contagion fight.
The farms also lend themselves to activities that attract urban families looking for a place to spend a weekend or national holidays.
Fast expansion in the manufacturing sector last year, together with recent moves from China's monetary and fiscal authorities propping up the real economy, will all lend impetus to economic growth in the new year, officials said.
Greater fiscal supportWith its fiscal revenue growth last year, the Chinese government is expected to lend steam to the real economy through subsidies on a larger scale.
Then, the financial institutions can make applications to lend through the PBOC with relatively low interest rates, Sun said.
"The nation should release more reserves of coal and nonferrous metals to mitigate the price pressure, and lend SMEs more support to cope with rising raw material costs," Wen said.
Shao Yu, chief economist at Shanghai-listed Orient Securities, said that the slowdown caused by the COVID-19 resurgence should be within the expectations of Chinese policymakers or at a tolerable level, and they are likely to further fine-tune macro policies to lend more support to the economy, although drastic easing is unlikely.
China may need to fine-tune its macro policy to lend more support for economic growth, as downside risks have risen amid the recent local COVID-19 resurgences while mild inflation prospects have offered the room for further easing, experts said on Monday.
As foundation of the recovery in the services sector is still not solid, the government has continued to lend support to hard-hit enterprises and smaller businesses, including those in the travel and culture industries.
Robust overseas demand will spur exports of China's small and medium-sized enterprises in the coming months, while multilateral trade pacts will lend long-term growth momentum, said Standard Chartered Plc, an international banking group.
The meeting, chaired by Vice-Premier Liu He, urged financial institutions to improve their lending capacity continuously, to make sure that they "dare to lend, are willing to lend, are able to lend and can lend effectively".
I would be more than happy to lend a helping hand.
With its rapid return to growth, China could lend an impetus to the world's economic recovery by expanding vaccine access, providing debt relief and sustaining global infrastructure investment, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.
China, built on its rapid return to growth, could lend an impetus to the world's economic recovery by expanding vaccine access, providing debt relief and sustaining global infrastructure investment, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.
However, according to the general loan regulations at that time, it was impossible for banks to lend to firms involved in highway construction projects.
"Pan further said reform efforts will be deepened to further reduce the cost for businesses and households to lend, as the weighted average interest rate of new corporate loans came in at 3.82 percent in September, the lowest in history.
"Such a move will give financial institutions the confidence to lend to housing developers.
We lend a helping hand by offering dishes that require a few minutes of microwave heating," said Zhang Qian, the merchandising director at Freshippo's 3R department, representing the company's motto of providing "Ready to cook, ready to heat, ready to eat" food to customers.
com, a B2B platform of Alibaba Group, is looking to lend a helping hand.
阿里巴巴集团旗下的B2B平台'com正积极伸出援手，为企业提供支持。
"On the one hand, the online launch helps businesses resume operations and lend designers a hand in sales.
Chen Zhuo, a senior analyst at China Merchants Securities, said, "Considering the asset size of HNA Group and its huge amount of employees, it is the right decision for the local government lend a hand".
Meanwhile, inclusive and green financing maintained rapid growth as banks were encouraged to lend more support to the real economy.
“同时，随着鼓励银行加大对实体经济支持力度，包容性融资和绿色融资继续保持快速增长。”
Known as the Principals for Responsible Banking, or PRB, the initiative is a collection of guidelines ensuring that banks lend, finance, set goals, treat clients and conduct financial reporting in a way that is climate friendly and sustainable.
The World Bank has decided to lend $200 million to a transport project in East China to improve the maintenance and management of rural roads.
China's strong economic resilience is expected to lend support for the automobile industry, experts said.
Yet, if its advancement does not keep pace with technological development, artificial intelligence can lend a helping hand.
While several factors have contributed to the slump, a deepening liquidity crunch among India's shadow banks that lend to the companies, dealers and car buyers has been the biggest single factor hurting sales.
"So it will lend BYD an advantage over others if it offers both the technology and the plants," Wu said.
"Harris said Ford's planned national distribution division, which will be built this year, will lend a helping hand as well.
It will also lend a helping hand as more companies operate globally, thus facilitating more Chinese brands like Xiaohongshu and Li-Ning to expand overseas and more multinational corporations like Thermo Fisher Scientific that are accelerating investment in China.
这也将助力更多像小红书、李宁这样的中国品牌出海，和赛默飞世尔科技(Thermo Fisher Scientific)这样加快在华投资的跨国公司发展。
There are many areas that lend themselves to global cooperation, including healthcare, education, and manufacturing.
Qiao said his company has also co-established four online medical AI platforms with partners using cloud technologies, through which radiologists nationwide can lend a hand to the frontline medical staff, especially since their counterparts are overloaded with work due to a shortage of medical professionals, especially in heavily stricken or remote areas.
Qiao said his company has also jointly established four online medical AI platforms with partners using cloud technologies, through which radiologists nationwide could lend a hand to the front line, where their counterparts are overloaded with work due to lack of professionals, especially in heavily stricken or remote areas.
- China has called on the country's artificial intelligence (AI) sector to lend their technological hands to help battle the epidemic.
Gong Liutang, a professor of applied economics at Peking University's Guanghua School of Management, said it remains essential to reduce lending rates for businesses to stimulate their willingness to lend and invest, as their actual financing costs — as measured by real interest rates, which are equivalent to nominal interest rates minus inflation — remain relatively high as December's uptick in inflation was limited.
Therefore, reducing deposit rates helps stabilize their interest margin and hence improves their ability to lend to and support the real economy.
The latest RRR cut would lend significant support to sustaining the economic recovery that has become increasingly palpable since the beginning of the year.
In terms of utilization of funds, a bank's top priority is to lend, followed by moderate investment activities, rather than investment banking.
Resolving contagion-related demand slump, sluggish property sector keyExpectations of accommodative monetary policy have grown as an official signaled that monetary policy is willing to lend stronger support next year than this year for the economy, experts said on Monday.
For investors, using leverage can not only amplify returns but aggravate losses, and brokers will also need to manage liquidity risks when they lend to clients.
China's central bank delivered surprise interest rate cuts on Monday, suggesting that the country is still willing to lend more monetary support on the aggregate front in the coming months despite a potential rise in structural inflationary pressure, experts said.
Efforts will be made to improve risk tolerance and mitigation related to loans to small and micro businesses and better incentivize banks to lend to these companies, the central bank said, adding monetary instruments including RRR cuts should be fully leveraged to boost the credit expansion of smaller businesses.
Major state-owned banks aim at a total of 1.6 trillion yuan ($239.2 billion) of new inclusive loans to small and micro firms, while banks across China are directed to lend more to agricultural causes and grain producers, according to Liang.
Yi added the Carbon Emission Reduction Facility, a targeted monetary tool to support carbon reduction, had enabled the financial institutions to lend out 230 billion yuan to qualified carbon reduction programs and led to an annual reduction equivalent to over 40 million tons of carbon dioxide emission as of the end of February.
Credit-easing moves like lower interest rates more likelyThe possibility of the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, cutting the reserve requirement ratio this month has risen upon policy signals that more policy support may be launched soon and commercial banks' ability to lend will be strengthened, experts said on Thursday.
From housing enterprises' perspectives, the cost of medium- and long-term loans will be further reduced, thus encouraging housing enterprises to be willing to lend, Yan said.
The People's Bank of China confirmed on Saturday it will continue its lending mechanism that helps encourage financial institutions to lend to small businesses under pressure due to the impact of COVID-19.
This increased commercial banks' capacity to lend to small and micro businesses.
Businesses of peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders have all been shut down as a result of regulatory crackdown on the sector, where investors sidestep traditional lenders such as banks to lend directly to borrowers.
Financial services that the Beijing branch is ready to offer will include spot foreign exchanges and business in the interbank money market which allows for financial institutions to borrow and lend money at interbank rates.
Online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, where investors sidestep traditional lenders such as banks to lend directly to borrowers, exited the innovation arena this year as a result of the country's ongoing efforts to crack down on risky forms of financing.
Online P2P lending, where investors side-step traditional lenders such as banks to lend directly to borrowers, was once seen as an important credit mechanism.
The extension of the transitional period will help increase the aggregate financing, as the nonstandard products will supplement bank loans and lend support to the corporate sector, which is in line with the policymakers' objective of stabilizing economic growth, said Ming Ming, a senior researcher with CITIC Securities.
It will accelerate reform and innovation in the Qingdao Area of the China (Shandong) Pilot Free Trade Zone, lend support to the demonstration area for local economic and trade cooperation between China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and help build a new platform for international cooperation.
The PBOC implemented reserve requirement ratio cuts in March amid the country's efforts to boost the real economy, encouraging financial institutions to lend in inclusive finance.
It can also increase capital for small and medium-sized banks by providing more leeway to lend.
However, there are still small and medium-sized firms facing a cash crunch, Dong said, noting that measures should be taken to further stimulate banks' willingness to lend.
Encouraging policy banks, funded by the government, to directly lend to small businesses together with commercial banks－and share credit risks－should also be looked into.
Medium-and small-sized commercial banks, which have liquidity and capital adequacy pressure, will get supportive policies to ensure that they have ample funds to lend to corporates, he said.
Medium and small commercial banks, which have pressure of liquidity and capital adequacy, will get supportive policies to ensure that they have ample funds to lend to corporations, according to Liu.
"The PBOC would lower lending rates and push banks to 'remove the implicit floor on lending rates', increase uncollateralized loans and medium-to long-term loans, and guide financial institutions to lend more to small and medium, private and manufacturing enterprises," said Maggie Wei, an economist with Goldman Sachs, who expected further monetary policy easing in coming months, including more reserve requirement ratio, medium-term lending facility and LPR cuts.
It will also encourage banks to establish long-term institutions that will lend to small businesses, increase their willingness to lend, and enhance their lending capabilities, said Zhou Liang, vice-chairman of the commission, at a news conference on Friday.
"We encourage banks to lend at even lower rates," said Liu, in a statement on the PBOC website.
The central bank will launch policies and use monetary instruments, including the targeted medium-term lending facility, to encourage small-and medium-sized banks to lend to small and private businesses, Wen said.
Improved fund flows, renewed investor confidence to vitalize Chinese boursesContinuous capital market reforms and further opening of the financial industry to foreign capital will lend solid support to China's A-share market this year and market analysts remain cautiously optimistic about Chinese stock market prospects this year.
The World Bank will lend China $1 billion to $1.5 billion through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development annually from 2020 to 2025.
One of the major reasons for the financial difficulties of SMEs was that commercial banks declined to lend to them because of the lack of collateral, said Wang.
The PBOC has cut the banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) seven times since early 2018 to free up more funds to lend, with another such move widely expected by yearend.
As an anticipatory monetary adjustment policy, authorities decided to increase liquidity in the financial sector and encourage banks to lend more funds at lower rates to enterprises.
Banks will have cheaper funds to lend out, said Jiang Chao, an analyst at Haitong Securities.
Multiple measures to supplement equity of these institutions are expected to lend a hand, such as enhancing the efficiency of perpetual bond issuance, and lowering the standards of issuing preference shares and convertible bonds.