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bor.row (obj) RECEIVEH5bBr7EJ, $5bB:r7oJvto get or receive (something) from someone with the intention of giving it back after a period of time借，借入;引入Could I borrow your bike from (not standard off) you until next week? [T]我能借你的自行车直到下星期吗？She used to borrow money and not bother to pay it back. [T]她过去常常借钱不还。Brazil has had to borrow heavily to survive. [I]巴西必须借巨款才能渡过难关。He borrowed (= took away for a particular period) a novel from the library. [T]他从图书馆借了一本小说。(fig.) English has borrowed (= takes and uses as its own) (many words) from French. [I / T]英语从法语借用（许多词）。To live / exist on borrowed time is to continue living after a point at which you might easily have died.活得比预期时间长Since his cancer was diagnosed he feels as if he's living on borrowed time.自从他的癌症被诊断出后，他觉得自己是在侥幸地活着。(fig.) It is unlikely that serious decisions will be taken by a minority government living on borrowed time (= still governing when most people would have expected them to have stopped).一个苟延残喘的代表少数人的政府不大可能作出重大决定。 ☆ LEND Borrow
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