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borrow

美音:[´bɑ:´rəu ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´bɑ:´rəu ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
v.借,借入,借用

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borrow为中学词汇   词频:2499

词形变化:

名词:borrower 动词过去式:borrowed 过去分词:borrowed 现在分词:borrowing 第三人称单数:borrows

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take  lend    

borrow


/'bɒrəʊ; `bɑro/
v [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] ~ (sth) (from sb/sth)
1 receive or obtain (sth) temporarily (from sb/sth), with the promise or intention of returning it (向某人[从某处])借(某物)
*borrow (money) from the bank, a friend 向银行、朋友借(钱)
* I've forgotten my pen. Could I borrow yours? 我忘了带笔. 可以借用一下你的吗?
* borrow a book from the library 向图书馆借书. Cf 参看 lend.
2 (a) take and use (sth) as one's own; copy (sth) 将别人的(某物)当作自己的来使用; 抄袭(某事物)
*borrow freely from other writers 肆意抄袭其他作者的作品
* borrow sb's ideas, methods 采用某人的想法、方法
* Handel borrowed music from other composers. 韩德尔的作品借鉴了其他作曲家的乐曲.
(b) (of a language) adopt (a word or phrase) from another language (指某语言)借用(另一种语言的词语)
*The expression `nouveau riche' is borrowed from French. `nouveau riche'(暴发户)这个词是从法语借来的.
3 (idm 习语) (be living on) borrowed time period of time for which one continues living after an illness or a crisis which might have caused one to die (大难未死)继续活着的一段时间.

borrow


v [I and T]
[Language: Old English;Origin: borgian]
to use something that belongs to someone else and that you must give back to them later
lend, loan loan
 Can I borrow your pen for a minute?
borrow sth from sb
 You are allowed to borrow six books from the library at a time.
 They borrowed heavily (=borrowed a lot of money) from the bank to start their new business.
to take or copy someone's ideas, words etc and use them in your own work, language etc
borrow sth from sb/sth
 I borrowed my ideas from Eliot's famous poem 'The Waste Land'.
 To borrow a phrase (=use what someone else has said) , if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
borrow from
 English has borrowed words from many languages.
borrow trouble
AmE informal to worry about something when it is not necessary
be living on borrowed timeatlive1 (17)
beg, borrow, or stealatbeg
HINT sense 1
Do not confuse borrow and lend (=give someone permission to use something of yours): I borrowed his bike. |Can you lend me your pen?

1. The grass in my garden is tall,too.May I borrow your lawnmower?
    我花园里的草也很高,我可以借你的割草机吗?

2. He would borrow the rest.
    其余的只能借了。

3. You can borrow books from the library, but you can´t borrow one without a library card.
     你可以在图书馆借书,但是没有借书证就借不到。

4. Sometimes you may want to borrow a book but you don´t know its call number.
    有时你可能想借某本书,但不知道它的书号,

5. Can I borrow your ruler?
    我可以借一下你的尺子吗?

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