borrow
verb
ˈbɒrəʊ verb
1
borrow lend
to use something that belongs to someone else and that you must give back to them later Do not confuse and (=give someone permission to use something of yours) 不要混淆 borrow 和 lend
Can I borrow your pen for a minute?
我可以借你的笔用一下吗？
borrow sth from sb
You are allowed to borrow six books from the library at a time.
你每次可从图书馆借六本书。
They borrowed heavily (=borrowed a lot of money) from the bank to start their new business.
他们向银行贷了巨款来创办新公司。
I borrowed his bike.
我借了他的自行车。
Can you lend me your pen?
你可以把笔借给我用一下吗？
2 to take or copy someone’s ideas, words etc and use them in your own work, language etc 借用，引用〔思想、文字等〕
borrow sth from sb/sth
I borrowed my ideas from Eliot’s famous poem ‘The Waste Land’.
我的主题思想借自艾略特的名诗《荒原》。
To borrow a phrase (=use what someone else has said) , if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
我借用一句老话，受不了热就别在厨房呆着。
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English has borrowed words from many languages.
英语从很多语言中借用了词汇。
3
borrow trouble
to worry about something when it is not necessary [美，非正式] 自寻烦恼 AmE informal