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borrow/ˈbɒrəʊ//ˈbɔːrəʊ/ ★★★★★v. - borrows
- borrowing
- borrowed
- borrowed
vt- ① 借入,(向某人)借用(←→lend)
- May I borrow your bicycle?我可以借用你的自行车吗?
- I have borrowed this book from Mary.我向玛丽借了这本书。
- He borrowed a large sum of the bank.他向银行借了一大笔钱(★现代英语多用from 取代of)。
- ② 采用,采取
- He borrowed many ideas from Confucius.他采用[采取]了许多孔子的思想。
- ③ 1【言】借用(外来语)2(算术)减法中从上位数借
- The word "cliché" is borrowed from French.cliché这个字是从法文借用的。
vi- ① 借;借钱
- He neither lends nor borrows.他既不贷也不借。
- I don't want to borrow from a bank.我不想向银行借钱。
短语- borrow trouble
- Do not get involved with politics. That's borrowing trouble.不要参与政治,那是自找麻烦。
- in borrowed plumes
- ① 穿着借来的华服;借他人声望;采取他人的智策,夸为己出以居功(★出自Aesop寓言)
- Some people do not care to appear in borrowed plumes.有些人不喜欢假装门面。
- live on borrowed time
- ① (老人、病人等)神奇地残存活命,过了预期的死期还活着
- John has a terminal disease, and he's living on borrowed time.约翰得了绝症,命在旦夕。
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