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born BEGAN TO EXISTHbC:n, $bC:rnadj [not gradable]be born to come into existence by birth出生的，产生的;天生的She was born in 1950.她出生于1950年。I was born English but later became an American citizen.我出生于英国但后来成为美国公民。We hoped to see a lamb being born when we visited the farm.参观农场时我们希望看到小羔羊出生。Diana was born into a wealthy and aristocratic family.戴安娜出生于一个富裕的贵族家庭。Stevie Wonder was born blind (= was blind from birth).斯蒂维·旺德天生失明。Ann was born and brought up in Ealing.安出生于伊灵并在那儿长大。Born blind, she nevertheless became an international concert pianist.虽然天生失明，不过她还是成为一名国际音乐会的钢琴家。The toll of babies born with AIDS is rising.得先天性艾滋病的婴儿人数在不断增加。(fml) This was a child born to / of educated parents.这是一个父母受过教育的孩子。(fig.) His arrogance is born of (= comes from) a conviction that he is a superior being.他的傲慢来自于他深信自己是一个上等人。(fig.) It was in that year that the idea of independence was born (= began to exist).独立思想就是在那一年产生的。She's a Dubliner born and bred (= she has spent all her early life there).她是一个土生土长的都柏林人。To be born with a silver spoon in your mouth is to have a high social position and wealth from birth.生来高贵富裕的"Don't try to fool me. I wasn't born yesterday (= I am not as stupid as you seem to think), you know."“不要试图愚弄我。我又不是不懂，这你清楚。”If someone says they wish they 'd never been born they are expressing the deep unhappiness they feel.（表示痛苦）多么希望没有出生A born-again Christian is one who has decided to accept a particular type of EVANGELICAL Christianity, esp. after a deep spiritual experience.信仰再生的基督徒，信仰复兴的基督徒Cliff Richard is a born-again Christian.克利夫·理查德是一个信仰再生的基督徒。(fig.) My mother is a born-again health freak (= she has become extremely enthusiastic about health).我母亲成了十分热衷于健康的人。"Born in the USA" (song by Bruce Springsteen, 1984)《生于美国》 (歌名，作者布鲁斯·斯普林斯泰恩）"Born to be Wild" (song by Steppenwolf)《生来疯狂》（歌名，作者斯蒂普恩沃尔夫）"Born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad"(Rafael Sabatini in the novel Scaramouche, 1921)“生来爱笑的天赋，天生觉得世界是疯狂的” （摘自小说《吹牛的胆小鬼》，作者兰菲尔·萨巴蒂尼）
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