- VERB 借;借用
If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it or use it for a period of time, usually with their permission.
- Can I borrow a pen please? ...
我可以借支笔吗? - He wouldn't let me borrow his clothes.
他不愿我借他的衣服。
- VERB 借(钱);贷(款)
If you borrow money from someone or from a bank, they give it to you and you agree to pay it back at some time in the future.
- Morgan borrowed £5,000 from his father to form the company 20 years ago...
20年前摩根从他父亲那里借了5,000英镑,成立了这家公司。 - It's so expensive to borrow from finance companies...
从信贷公司借钱利息非常高。 - He borrowed heavily to get the money together.
他大量举债来凑齐这笔钱。
- VERB 借(书)
If you borrow a book from a library, you take it away for a fixed period of time.
- I couldn't afford to buy any, so I borrowed them from the library.
我一本书也买不起,只好从图书馆借。
- VERB 采用,借用(词语、想法等)
If you borrow something such as a word or an idea from another language or from another person's work, you use it in your own language or work.
- I borrowed his words for my book's title...
我借用他的话作为我这本书的标题。 - Their engineers are happier borrowing other people's ideas than developing their own.
他们的工程师更乐于借用别人的观点,而不愿自我创新。
- PHRASE 捡回一条命;余下的光阴不多;好景不长
Someone who is living on borrowed time or who is on borrowed time has continued to live or to do something for longer than was expected, and is likely to die or be stopped from doing it soon.
- Perhaps that illness, diagnosed as fatal, gave him a sense of living on borrowed time.
也许是那种被诊断为绝症的疾病让他有了时日无多之感。
Do not confuse borrow and lend. You say that you borrow something from another person. However, if you allow someone to borrow something that belongs to you, you say that you lend it to them. Lend is often followed by two objects. Betty lent him some blankets... He lent Tim the money. Both borrow and lend can be used without objects. The poor had to borrow from the rich... Banks will not lend to them. The noun related to lend is loan. ...a government loan of £3m.Loan can also be used as a verb in the same way as lend, especially in American English. I'll loan you fifty dollars.
不要混淆 borrow 和 lend。借他人的东西用borrow...from..., 但借东西给他人则用lend...to...。lend后常接双宾语:Betty lent him some blankets(贝蒂借给他几条毯子),He lent Tim the money(他把钱借给了蒂姆)。borrow 和 lend 都可以不接宾语:The poor had to borrow from the rich(穷人不得不向富人借钱),Banks will not lend to them(银行不会贷款给他们)。和lend相关的名词是 loan: a government loan of £3m(一笔300万英镑的政府贷款)。loan还可用作动词,其用法与lend相同,尤其是在美国英语中:I'll loan you fifty dollars(我会借给你50美元)。