- (向某人)借(某物),借入,借进,借来:
May I borrow your car?
我可以借用你的汽车吗?
Could I borrow your bike from you until next week?
我借用你的自行车,直到下周还你,好吗?
He used to borrow money and not bother to pay it back.
他老是借钱而不急于还钱。
- [委婉语]不告自取,顺手牵羊似的拿走:
Did you borrow my pen from my desk?
你从我桌面拿走了我的钢笔,是吗?
- 借用,采用,采纳;借鉴;把…接过来作为自己的,把别人的(某物)当作自己的来借用;抄袭:
to borrow a theory
采用某种理论
to borrow an idea from the opposition
采用反对派的一种思想
- 借,借用,从其他语言中引入,采纳(他种语词):
English has borrowed many words from French.
英语从法语中引入许多语词。
The word “depot” was borrowed from French.
“depot”一词是从法语借用来的。
- 【数学】(演算减法时)从左边借(一位):
54 minus9 Let me see.Borrow one ten and add it to four to get fourteen,then subtract nine from fourteen,that's five.
54-9,让我想想,从5借1作为10加上4,得14,然后从14减去9得5。
- (从取土坑中)掘,挖:
to borrow earth
挖土
- [方言]把…借给,借出(=lend):
Please borrow me you watch.
请把你的手表借给我。