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adj.天生的,原本,天生就...的 vbl.出生

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/bɔ:n; bɔrn/
v (used only in the passive without by 仅用于被动语态, 不与by连用)
1 be born come into the world by birth 出生; 出世
*She was born in 1950. 她生于1950年.
* (fig 比喻) The Trades Union movement was born (ie founded) in the early years of the century. 工会运动创始于本世纪初.
* He was born (ie destined from birth) to be a great writer. 他生下来就注定是个伟大的作家. =>Usage at bear2 用法见bear2.
2 (idm 习语) (not) be born `yesterday (not) be foolish or likely to be deceived because of lack of experience (并非)无知
*You can't fool me; I wasn't born yesterday, you know. 你骗不了我; 你要知道, 我不是三岁的孩子. be/be born/be made that way => way1. ,born and `bred born, brought up and educated (in a specified place or manner) (在某处或以某种方式)出生、成长及受教育
*He's London born and bred. 他是在伦敦长大的.
* She was born and bred a Catholic. 她一出生就受到天主教的熏陶. born in the purple born in a royal or very aristocratic family 生于王室或显贵的家庭. born of sb/sth owing one's existence to sb/sth; originating from sth 由于某人[某事物]而得以存在; 来源于某事物
*He was born of German parents. 他的父母是德国人.
* Her socialist beliefs were born of a hatred of injustice. 她的社会主义信念来自她对社会上不公平现象的痛恨. born on the wrong side of the blanket (euph 婉) illegitimate 私生. born with a silver `spoon in one's mouth (saying 谚) having wealthy parents 生于富贵之家. in all one's born `days (infml 口) in one's whole life 一生; 平生
*I've never heard such nonsense in all my born days! 我一生中从未听到过这种胡言乱语! there's one born every `minute (saying 谚) there are a lot of gullible people 总会有人上当的. to the manner born => manner.

adj [attrib 作定语] having a specific natural quality or ability 天生的
*be a born leader, loser, writer, athlete, etc 天生的领袖、庸才、作家、运动员等.
1. Each civilization is born, it culminates, and it decays.
    各种文明都要经历诞生, 鼎盛和衰亡.

2. Every child that is born into his group will share them with him, and no child born into one on the opposite side of the globe can ever achieve the thousandth part.
    每一个和他诞生在同一个社团中的孩子和他一样具有相同的风俗;而在地球的另一边,诞生在另一个社团的孩子与他就是少有相同的风俗。

3. Even men who can hardly drive a nail in straight are supposed to be born electricians, carpenters, plumbers and mechanics.
    甚至那些连一枚钉子都钉不直的男人都被认为是天生的电工、木匠、水管工和机械师。

4. Born June 5, 1952, in St. Louis, the oldest of three daughters, she started drawing almost as soon as she could hold a pencil.
    恩格尔布赖特1952年6月5日出生在圣路易斯,是三姐妹中的老大,她几乎刚学会拿铅笔就开始画画。

5. But a cloned child born to such suspect parents stands no greater or lesser chance of being loved, or rejected, than a child created the normal way.
    但是,和一个正常生育的孩子相比,被心存疑虑的父母所克隆的孩子,被关爱或被抛弃的机会却是完全一样的。

6. If these intimations of a something behind and beyond are not evil humour born of indigestion, or whimsies sent by the devil to mock and madden us,
    如果某种玄妙事物的暗示不是消化不良引起的邪恶情绪,也不是魔鬼为了捉弄我们,使我们发狂而送给我们的邪念,

7. The scanning laser beam was an ideal device for reading these markings, and so the Universal Product Code was born.
    能进行扫描的激光是一阅读这些标志的理想手段,因而通用条形码便应运而生了。

8. The model is Karl Friedrich Gauss, supposedly born into a family of manual workers, who grew up to become the father of modern mathematics.
    卡尔·弗里德里克·高斯就是一个典型,据说他出身在一个体力劳动者家庭,后来却成了现代数学之父。

9. No man is born wise or learned.
    人非生而知之。

10. Nowadays he can also be taught to speak because we have modern methods and equipment, but we did not have these when Helen Keller was born.
    今天,我们可以通过现代化的方法与仪器设备帮助他学会讲话。但海伦·凯勒出生时这些条件都不具备。

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