bor·row
verb/ˈbɒrəʊ/
/ˈbɔːrəʊ/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they borrow | /ˈbɒrəʊ/ /ˈbɔːrəʊ/ |
| he / she / it borrows | /ˈbɒrəʊz/ /ˈbɔːrəʊz/ |
| past simple borrowed | /ˈbɒrəʊd/ /ˈbɔːrəʊd/ |
| past participle borrowed | /ˈbɒrəʊd/ /ˈbɔːrəʊd/ |
| -ing form borrowing | /ˈbɒrəʊɪŋ/ /ˈbɔːrəʊɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to take and use something that belongs to somebody else, and return it to them at a later time
借；借用 - borrow something Can I borrow your umbrella?
借你的伞用一下行吗？ - borrow something from somebody/something Members can borrow up to ten books from the library at any one time.
会员在图书馆每次最多可借十本书。 - borrow something off somebody (British English, informal) I borrowed the tools I needed off my brother.
我从我哥哥那里借了所需的工具。
Which Word? borrow / lendborrow / lend- These two words are often confused. You borrow something from someone else, while they lend it to you:
- Can I borrow your pen?
我可以借用你的钢笔吗？ - Can I borrow a pen from you?
我可以借用你的钢笔吗？ - Here, I’ll lend you my pen.
喏，我把钢笔借给你。
- Can I borrow your pen?
Extra Examples- I'll borrow some coffee off the neighbours.
我要从邻居那里借点咖啡。 - I'm borrowing the office laptop for the weekend.
我周末借用办公室笔记本电脑。 - You can borrow the book from the local library.
你可以从本地图书馆借这本书。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- from
- off
- borrow something Can I borrow your umbrella?
- [transitive, intransitive] to take money from a person or bank and agree to pay it back to them at a later time
借入（款项）；（向…）借贷 - borrow something How much did you have to borrow to pay for this?
你得借多少钱来付这个？ - The goal is to borrow funds at a low interest rate.
目标是以低利率借入资金。 - borrow something from somebody/something She borrowed £2 000 from her parents.
她向她的父母借了 2 000 英镑。 - borrow from somebody/something I don't like to borrow from friends.
我不喜欢向朋友借钱。 - The company had borrowed heavily from state-owned banks.
该公司从国有银行大量借贷。 - borrow something off somebody (informal) I had to borrow the money off a friend.
我不得不向一个朋友开口借这笔钱。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneya2, Houses and homesa2- She borrowed £50 from her mother.
她向妈妈借了50英镑。 - I borrowed £50 off my mum.
我跟妈妈借了 50 英镑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- from
- off
- borrow something How much did you have to borrow to pay for this?
- [intransitive, transitive] to take words, ideas, etc. from another language, person, etc. and use them as your own
引用，借用（言语、思想等） - borrow (from somebody/something) The author borrows heavily from Henry James.
那位作家大量引用亨利·詹姆斯的作品。 - His designs borrow freely from the architecture of ancient Egypt.
他的设计大量地借鉴了古埃及的建筑风格。 - borrow something (from somebody/something) Some musical terms are borrowed from Italian.
某些音乐术语是从意大利语引入的。 - The villain was—to borrow a phrase from Alex—‘all bark and no bite’.
借用亚历克斯的话来说，这个恶棍“只吠不咬”。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- freely
- from
- borrow (from somebody/something) The author borrows heavily from Henry James.
Word OriginOld English borgian ‘borrow against security’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German borgen.
Idioms
be (living) on borrowed time
- to still be alive after the time when you were expected to die
活过寿限；大限已近 - He’s been living on borrowed time ever since his last heart attack.
自从上次心脏病发作以来，他一直过着借来的时光。
- He’s been living on borrowed time ever since his last heart attack.
- to be doing something that other people are likely to soon stop you from doing
做很快就会遭到制止的事；好景不长 - According to the latest opinion polls, the government is living on borrowed time.
根据最新的民意调查，政府的生存时间是借来的。
- According to the latest opinion polls, the government is living on borrowed time.