1. vt.报答；归还；给予　 give in return of exchange, or as sth due
2. vt.呈递，提供，开出　 present; offer; send in an account for payment
3. vt.演出，扮演，演奏　 give a performance of
4. vt.翻译　 express in another language
5. vt.使；致使　 cause to be in some condition

　～ help　给予帮助
　～ landscapes　描绘风景
　～ one's meaning　表达某人的意思
　～ sentence　翻译句子
　～ word　翻译单词/cn>

～+副词

　～ well　演奏得好
　～ accurately　准确地表达
　～ adequately　贴切地翻译
　～ beautifully　演奏得完美
　～ literally　直译
　～ poorly　演得差
　～ back　归还
　～ down　熬成油，概括表达
　～ up　放弃

～+介词

　～ for　以…来回报
　～ from　从…译过来
　～ into　把…译成…
　～ with　用…来表述

　Two doctors rendered the help at the accident.　事故中，两位医生给予了帮助。
　The jury rendered a verdict of no guilt.　陪审团作出了无罪的裁决。
　You will have to render an account of your expenditure.　你的开支必须报账。
　The committee rendered an account of all the money spent.　委员会对全部的开支作出说明。
　He renders landscapes with great skill and artistry.　他以高超的技巧与意境描绘风景。
　The amateur player rendered the Merry Women Fighters very well.　这位业余演员演奏《快乐的女战士》演奏得很精彩。
　You can render it more freely.　你可以译得活一点。
　You have rendered my meaning quite accurately.　你把我的意思表达得相当准确。
　The piano concerto was wonderfully rendered.　这首钢琴协奏曲演奏得很好。
　Othello was rendered rather poorly.　《奥赛罗》一剧演得相当差。
　The sentence cannot be literally rendered.　这个句子不能直译。

　We are going to render them economic assistance.　我们打算向他们提供经济援助。
　They rendered us help in time of need.　在困难的时候，他们帮助了我们。

　Finally they rendered the property to the original owners.　最后，他们把这些财产发还给原主了。
　You have rendered a great service to the country.　你为国家做了一件大好事。
　She rendered a valuable service to me.　她帮了我一个大忙。
　He rendered assistance to the sufferers.　他帮助了受难者。

　The rain rendered the journey difficult.　这场雨使旅行艰难了。
　Persecution only rendered them more resolute in their struggle.　迫害只能使他们斗争得更加坚决。
　An accident has rendered him helpless.　一件意外使得他束手无策。
　The shock of the discovery rendered him speechless.　这一发现使他吃惊得一句话也说不出来。
　Climbing such a steep high mountain rendered many of us giddy.　爬这么陡峭的高山使我们很多人都头晕。

 ♣ render down　(v.+adv.)
1. 熬成油，煎熬成液体 turn (a solid substance) into fat or liquid by applying heat
　I must render down this fat; we are short of lard.　我得把这块肥肉熬成油，我们正缺猪油。
　You can render the chicken down to make stock for soup.　你可以把这只鸡做成汤料。
　The fatty substances have been rendered down.　脂肪已提炼出来了。
　These lumps of fat from the meat can be rendered down and used for cooking.　这几块肥肉可以炼成油来做菜。
2. 缩减，概括表达 reduce (sth); express (sth made up of different parts) as sth simple
　Most of his ideas can be rendered down to a system of thinking based on outdated facts.　他的大多数观点都可归纳在一个基于过时的论据的思想体系里。
 ♣ render for　(v.+prep.)
　（用…)补偿… return (sth)，　as in exchange for (sth else)
　They will render blow for blow.　他们将以牙还牙。
　I wonder whether it is right to render good for evil.　我不知道以德报怨究竟对不对。
　The villagers were expected to render part of their crops for the lord's protection.　村民们被要求用他们的部分谷物来报偿领主的保护。
 ♣ render into　(v.+prep.)
　（把…)译成…　translate (words or writing) into (another language)
　Poems are as a rule difficult to render into a foreign language.　一般说来，诗是很难译成外语的。
　It's very difficult to render this proverb into English.　这句谚语很难译成英语。
　The translator has done a good job of rendering this difficult poem into his native language.　把这首非常难懂的诗歌译成本国语言，译者做了一件大好事。
　There are many English idioms that cannot be rendered into other languages.　有很多英文习惯用语无法翻译成其他文字。
 ♣ render up　(v.+adv.)
　放弃，交出　give up
　He rendered up his life.　他献出了自己的生命。
　The man was obliged to render up the land he had unlawfully enclosed.　那个人被迫交出他非法围圈的土地。
　The captain has rendered up his castle.　上尉把城堡放弃了。
　At last, the citizens were forced to render up their town.　最后，市民们不得不把城市放弃。

　render　作“使进入某种状态”解时，一般不应在其宾语后再接"to be+adj."，而应直接加形容词或将render改为cause. 例如：