Because dogs always seem to be keen on lending a paw. But only if their partner is a person.

因为狗狗看起来总是乐于帮忙。但是，前提是合作对象是人类。

He insisted on lending me a leather jacket, although I had insisted I'd be fine.

他坚持要借给我一件皮夹克，尽管我坚持说我不会有事的。

And if they start pulling back on lending, it creates problems for developers in the next few years.

如果他们开始减少贷款，就会在未来几年给开发商带来麻烦。

On top of this, the central bank is cutting the reserve requirements for banks which focus more on lending to small and micro-sized enterprises, as well as the farming sector, by an additional 50-basis points.

除此之外，央行对小微企业贷款占比达到标准的银行以及非县域农村商业银行额外降低人民币存款准备金率0.5个百分点。