又被給了一段可以繼續的時間
租約的重點是「一段被授予的期限」。把這個概念從房子搬到生命上，就是有人重新發給你一段可以繼續使用的時間——續約的不是房子，是壽命或精神。
a new lease of life (for a thing) · noun · B2
Used in the phrase a new lease of life when something is fixed or changed so it can keep being used.
煥然一新；重獲新生（物）
核心畫面
You can picture a signed paper on a table: for the next two years, this flat is yours to use — you pay each month, and at the end it goes back to the owner. Two things live in that picture: the use is real but borrowed, and it comes with an end date. Even the idiom 'a new lease of life' works that way — someone or something has been handed a fresh stretch of time to keep going.
可以想成桌上一張簽好的紙：接下來兩年，這間房子歸你用——你每個月付錢，期限一到再還給屋主。這個畫面裡有兩件事：使用權…更多收起
可以想成桌上一張簽好的紙：接下來兩年，這間房子歸你用——你每個月付錢，期限一到再還給屋主。這個畫面裡有兩件事：使用權是真的，但是借來的；而且它附帶一個到期日。連 a new lease of life 這句習語也是同一個道理——有人或有東西被重新給了一段可以繼續走下去的時間。From the word’s history
The noun comes from Anglo-French 'les' / Old French 'lais', a verbal noun from 'laissier' 'to let, allow, permit; leave', going back to Latin 'laxare' 'loosen', from 'laxus' 'loose'. The idea is loosening your grip on something without giving it away — which is why the same verb can mean both granting a lease (1560s) and taking one.
這個字來自古法文 laissier「讓、允許、留下」（名詞形 lais／les），再往上是拉丁文 laxare「鬆開」、laxus「鬆的」。核心動作比較像「把手鬆開，但東西還是我的」——這正好解釋了為什麼同一個動詞可以同時表示「出租」（1560 年代起）和「承租」：鬆手的人和接手的人，用的是同一個字。（英文的 let 也是一樣，let a flat 就是把房子租出去。）
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entries 'lease (n.)' and 'lease (v.)'
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Also in this word
lease (rental agreement) · noun · B1
A legal paper that lets you use a building, car, or land for a set time if you pay rent.
租約
lease (rent) · verb · B1
To use a building, car, or land for a set time by paying rent under a lease.
租用；承租
lease out · verb · B1
To let someone use a building, car, or land for a set time if they pay rent under a lease.
出租
原始詞典資料19 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Leasename
- 1
A surname.
leasenoun詞源 1/liːs/
- 1
formallawAn interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
- 2
An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
- 3
The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
- 4
The document containing such a contract or deed.
- 5
The period of such an interest.
- Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
leaseverb詞源 1/liːs/
- 1
formallawTo grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
- 2
informalTo hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.
- I'm leasing a small apartment in Runcorn for a month while I'm there for work.
- 3
computingengineeringmathematicsTo assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
- 4
computingengineeringmathematicsTo accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
leaseverb詞源 2/liːs/
- 1
dialectalTo gather.
- 2
dialectalTo pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- 3
dialectalTo glean.
- 4
dialectalTo glean, gather up leavings.
leaseverb詞源 3/liːs/
- 1
dialectalTo tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
leasenoun詞源 4/liːs/
- 1
dialectalAn open pasture or common.
- Since as a child I used to lie Upon the leaze and watch the sky, Never, I own, expected I That life would all be fair.
leasenoun詞源 6/liːs/
- 1
dialectalThe place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。